Welcome
welcome misunderstanding
of your motives & your feelings,
because if they knew exactly what you meant,
what you needed, what you wanted &
you knew the same regarding what came from
them, then there would be no more
conversation & hence no more joke-producing
material, hence no chance to make another
acquaintance in this period of life that
we seem to think is our own---
but in the absence of free will,
in the absence of all the demands pressed upon
by those who want us to be held responsible
for our pre-determined genetic programming &
in the absence of all the stabbing pain caused
by individuals who seem to think that someone
else is watching, that someone else is gonna
bring it all back to square one,
free of human bias---welcome their own
misunderstanding, for we’re only as right as
the method of investigation proclaims &
finding more evidence is key to standing
straight & true with a clear conscience.
welcome the pain when it comes,
because it will & though it may subside,
it will show its face again---you know it
already has & so it will again, but it allows
one to identify those moments when it seems
far away & to drench in the pleasure of a
day with minimalized stress.
sum it all up in a statement,
take it to the shredder & start again & start
again, drink it all up by the bottle,
now smash the bottle & start again, play it
all in a song with the geetar, now ya smash
that geetar (or pluck all the strings out like
they been goin’ out of style), now find a new
instrument & start again---
welcome
reinvention &
welcome
another
possible
you, free of
what others want
from you, free from
what others want you
to be,
free of
finishing this very piece
with any sense of
conclusive
meaning.
Copyright © Andrew Delapruch | Year Posted 2012
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