Lulled by the electronic funk
A willing participant
Hypnotized onlooker
In a hazed stupor
Television
Time eater
Droning
Rest
once this vacuous void
stood aimless and wild –
now mindless and violent
If you ain't living for something
Something inside you is dying
Every man an essence
What to live and die for.
A reason to live
A reason to die
Depends on the timing
Every act, a ripple effect
Either you grow, or you die
Either you shine or you dim.
Either you stand for something
Or you stand against it
Either you're light or dark
Either you're woke or asleep
It's either you flow or you remain stagnant
Choose your essence, don't be aimless.
There was a day, I lost my way,
Then I was young back in the day,
I enjoyed that my aimless roam.
Though I was many miles from home.
I bothered less about the tears,
How my absence would've caused fears ~
In the minds of my peers and rents;
Though deep in my soul it torments.
When hunger finally set in,
Then I knew how stupid I'd been.
By then the day had faded out.
Only the stars could hear my shout.
Though hunger had stolen my voice,
Nothing again made me rejoice.
Then someone flashed a light so bright ~
Last thing I remembered that night.
Suitcase packed
Going on a journey
No fixed plan nor agenda
Through the shady woods
A bonfire in the night
To a riverside camp
Angling by a stream
On a mountain trail
Where the snow capped peaks
Touch the sky
Soaking up the sun
On a sandy beach
Listening to the billowy waves
Crashing on the shore
Gazing at a glorious sunset
And a star studded sky
Passing through a lush meadow
A grassland swaying in the wind
I wander wherever my heart desires
Aimless I wander
Seeking but lacking
That which I hide
Not only from you
But also from me
I know not what I know
For how could I really
When I know not why I wander
And know not what I seek
Empty room, scattered thoughts,
roam, dark wilderness.
Sorrow reins, uneasy mind,
do question, of grand design.
Chart a course in sea's of vagueness,
a fate still undefined.
Clouded future, lost clarity,
the path, uncertainty.
Wander fields, a barren landscape,
murky waters of distant plans,
confounding the providence,
my destiny curtailed.
This just came to my mind,
One day this world would end.
Now I'll remind
The life I have spent.
The good deeds, the bad deeds that I've done.
The things, the money, behind which I've run.
The life I've spent almost useless
I wish I could recycle it once again.
The remaining span of my life,
I want to use it with all wise.
O my Lord, help me to live
A life full of many good wills.
You who are running for cover
Caesar is coming to Dover!
You shall the much feared experience
And what you need is resilience…
During war be less a lover
And Sex tell “For now, you’re over.”
You keep moving to the war front,
Where really we True Life confront
Peace time, one dream to be diver
While seas are far, close a river.
To Seriousness almost “Never!”
What does one do in clover?
Sometimes, tries the aimless rover:
Like helicopters we hover
An d when problem strike “Jehovah!”
All along
Life is like a candle in the wind
Encountering dangers sometimes
Life is fragile like a glass
Sometimes feeble and sickly
Life is like a messy rubbish dump
Sometimes uncertain and aimless
Life is like a sudden rain which comes like fate
Always unforcasted and helpless
Life is like a beggar
Always begging for more
Life is like a prayer
Sometimes with great expectations
However
Life can become an iron bar
Not easily bent, strong and firm
If you've a strong faith in god
Look To Falling Stars
Wanderers Finding New Homes
Gold To Blackened Rock
Would you prefer to be viewed as a loser?
How would you be able to manage this bowed head?
Shoulders that are hanging and abuser.
My incessant wailing had left me dread.
Is my presumption starting to irritate?
Do you approach yourself with deference?
I chuckled the same as I was perched on a gold plant.
I went on an expedition for my task reverence.
Regardless of whether you toss me, I'll coast.
Endeavor not to look or chat on a quiet note.
Do you doubt my suitability?
Isn't it abnormal that it begins abruptly?
My feelings are an ocean in my moods.
No additional dreams or hopeless feuds.
Written: September 30, 2021
blue smile, bursting with sunshine, fervent zeal
jovial rhythm mood, fleeting in lull feel.
crisp briny ocean air, gulls beating wings
free over ripple heaven, white bird sings.
resonant resting snores as breath wind rolls,
drags its waves, outstretch ripples mere controls.
playful mood white spume, covers tan sands face
a magical erosion taking place.
embedding each grain of sand as waves force
forward leaving size seashells in its course.
8/19/2021
Writing Prompt, Oceans Or Seas - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
I LOITER AIMLESS
In spree I like to loiter lone aimless
making way through thorny bush and wild weeds
where creeper secretes peculiar fluids.
Feral flowers flowing fragrance peerless.
Waves thrashing on solitary sea shore
calling me to listen to music loud.
Symphony resonates in interlude.
Aqua opulence in gorgeous galore.
Hot scorching desert or non-mowed meadow
gives warm welcome to enjoy and wander.
Sand dust or glass blade both are my wonders
Glad to be followed only by shadow.
Sunny, cloudy or even rainy sky
Each disperses amazing ambient.
Spectacular marvelous firmament.
Dormant desires of mind dream to soar high.
Humans work hard doing great and greater.
I appreciate human emotion,
success, progress of civilization
but, adore Nature most: Smarter and better.
08/21/19
First Place
' STRAND SELECT' Contest by Brian Strand.
2022 Poetry Marathon Mile. 1
Contest by Mark Toney
The day will soon come when it's all for naught
Can you fathom that day when we have no thought
It's the end of the show
It's all that we know
No longer has meaning, just aimless juggernauts
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