Centralized power proves antithetical
To your freedom - it’s quite pathetical
They ask us to be more ascetical
And let them rule - it’s quite heretical
Collectivism fails! Not hypothetical
Property and Liberty - quite synthetical
I’ll stand for freedom and wax poetical
It makes the message more aesthetical
You ...
Like a book ...
Did that tongue not just bid me farewell?
Yet now it melts, sweet, in my mouth ...
Did your palm not just strike my cheek in indignation?
Still, now it works frantic to ready me ...
Did those eyes not just weep in bitter disregard?
But now, they roll back in ecstasy ...
It was only an instant from adieu to delirium ...
The proper application of three small words ...
And one wonderfully wicked ...
White ...
Lie.
~ 1st Place ~ in the "End April 2018 Standard Any Form" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Sponsor.
When it is quiet, and you are alone,
Which does your mind prefer… to
Search for “truths” that have been found?
Or, to question… and to
Find your own answers and truths?
Do you build your labyrinth with the hope that maybe you’ll be lost, pleased to be the monster in the middle, a secret waiting to be slain. You cast away the thread, and disappear.
Is exile simply where you wish to be found?
I wander the halls of a maze within,
Passing through each imagined room, my eyes and voice soften as, inward, I am drawn.
Remember: I asked for this, the Unmasking. I beckoned for
The antithetical, surreal…
Now, be still, and cease your striving.
Have you thought so long of disparities, that now you no longer see in kind?
Have you fought so long, so fervently, that even your freedom is now a bind?
I envy those who know their place; they find––or make––it where they are.
ANTITHETICAL
What would you do if offered affordable beach property?
Sounds good... lest supposing proviso be toxic wasteland and poverty
Prospects of owning transformed – the choice unappealing
Investment and value revealing—negating negative feeling
Daily investing in self-sufficiency, effort, greed and selfish pride
Rewards we may reap, perchance-- a few accolades confirm that we tried
Diversifications, independent autonomy, have natural appeal
Contrary principles, lasting effects— steal...cunningly conceal
Feeding compulsions of selfishness, at odds with our free spirit
As we try to escape erratic persuasions of worldly limits
Repetitive mental and emotional garbage-to love or be loved
Divided homes, divided lives, small minded, lopsided – gloved
To endeavour affections, serenity—empathetic, exuberant life
Compassionate spirit, sense of commitment—conviction, not strife
Not just ideas in our heads or our sentimental heart
Ideally... working through implications of life that keep us apart
Copwright©2013--- Kim van Breda
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