Is it rather simply a case of me
myself being at fault
Should I not look ever deeper delve
far more inward
Into my own soul at what actually
makes me tick
Approach my choices and ways
And means of processing my thoughts
And try other apposing different methods
Before I come to a conclusion
Well yes of course I should
That goes without question or saying
But that inevitably will only end up
concluding with me
Being denigrated cast out abandoned
and banished
If I do not want nor am able to willing
wish or choose to side
With the many even if I believe in what
they are doing is wrong
Enough in order to remain
Than retain and give up a part of my soul
Wishing and wanting to be
An
Olympic Triathlon Gold Medal Winner
Knowing full well in order to succeed
This specific individual feat requires
3 different apposing skillets
So I went in search of 3 of the very best
coaches in each individual particular
event and discipline
So I got Memo to teach me how to run
Forrest Gump how to swim
And Lance Armstrong to teach me how
to ride a bike
And most of all how to cheat at all 3
Proudly exclaiming the benefits
Apposing thumbs and a superior intellect
we as human beings are in possession of
Isn't it then amazing and inconceivable
How amazingly stupid and gullible
we are
Like for instance paying out hard earned
money over in order to purchase a book
Shamelessly entitled
How to Win the Lottery
By someone who has no quams admitting
HAVE NEVER IN FACT ACTUALLY EVEN
WON THE LOTTERY THEMSELVES
Or come close or have any evidence or
basis to back this theory up
And not only buy it in the 1st place but
read it and buy into it as well
I often wonder if our family pets must
sometimes look at us and think
Seriously
Who on earth though it was a good
idea to leave you in charge
And are you taking me out for a walk
or am I just indulging you
Maybe that's why I take the lead
Because your not obviously capable of being
left to your own devices
Without guidance
Sometimes the
lines between
happiness and sorrow
love and hate
are thin (barely visible
to the naked heart) –
(a healthy heart
needing more than
a steady-beat
to be truly healthy) –
hearts not created
merely for pumping;
nor for expressing
exclusively within
the Body-visceral
while excluding
the vaster realm
of metaphysical being
(confined within a cage of bone)
(drowning in its own
oxygen rich fluids)
No, the heart truly
reaches out -- beyond
muscular attributes:
exceeds surface
perimeters of flesh
and blood –
transcending
the core-less Atheist
concept, absent a
spirit and soul
for greater inspiration…
refutes the materialist,
who sees only
superficial reality,
excluding the essence
of divine interaction
and miraculous manifestation –
The heart I speak
stretches the rulers
of medical Measures –
remains an enigma to science,
and by contrast -- the light
apposing dark-sided men
who reject Christian-unity daily
as did those prosecutors
of The Son of Man
who rejected Christ love
and His revelation
of Divine Source
and Holy Trinity….
Today I awaken again to take this very stage,
Resign from yesterday and turn not a chapter but a page,
I put on this costume approved by the mirror,
With which to act amongst others that I am without fear,
But fear not the decision but the choices today,
For when the vast curtains open what will I say,
This agony made worth while by not forgetting,
That Loves a light switch that brightens a setting,
So pose now your purpose with this prompt smile,
Let not the apposing props twist your simple style,
Face every self-important challenge and fail I might,
But fail to prevail so not to get stage freight,
Wear your strength close like a January mitten,
And proceed with caution for the script is unwritten,
Remember the small details underrated by many so much,
Like how tears love the broom side of a fingers touch,
These scenes within time wont go without sorrow,
Yet time sets the stage again for all of lifes tomorrow,
Still every routine has a beginning and an end,
So as I close these tired eyes the curtains will descend.
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