Complexity
tangled, layered
multiplying, twisting, obscuring
knots of thought and motion
clearing, softening, opening
quiet, spacious
Simplicity
Simplicity
quiet, yielded
resting, trusting, opening
heart, breath — burden, labyrinth
tangling, questioning, striving
restless, shadowed
Complexity
Human made love sinful beauty of body
Soul given to creator while lust craves instincts
Sleek curves devour thirst to complexity
Mankind search origin of dawn's existence
Unto earth's formation; from depths with seed,
emotions, beauty's passion eyes forever see
Separate pure from evil plagues my heart
Where hence come such pleasure of flesh,
veins pump so fiercely rising to peak
Beast feeds the blood washed beneath feet
Dark words for darkness that does not sleep
Sexuality complexity, love's bond man and woman
Know who's right, isn't one sexuality complexity
Love, it's what makes world go round
Unity; soul meant to love all things living
COMPLEXITY OF EXPRESSION-:-
familiar
pleasure
surprised
pulsating
prose
of OPAQUE REMAINS
gorgeously
triumphant
idiosyncratic
tangled
tones
in PECULIAR POISE
surveying
remaindered
glimpsed
random
chance
Simply to put text that we cannot cover anything complex
There was a simplified version of every object-- an annex
The loss of everything to put it understandable; loosing context
Was like cutting all of the trees just to portray land like Lorax
Though, where we put things behind the bars is just the manifesto
Everything could be described out and reasoned with a memo
I was warned by Spinoza, that not everything fits out and can be a reductio
So, would a man be reasoning out of everything killing complexity would be a maestro
A virtuoso indeed, to be smart that it leaps every precautionary never stumbled
Wish I was that man to hide complexity, to assign simplicity-- oversimplified
But, I would lose the essence of dopamine in searching question categorized
As I would never understand if short text means something to unconcealed
To be safe is to cozy up with your past,
Like that old sweater you can’t throw away—a bit frayed, but a blast!
What you see is what you get—
A masterpiece of chaos, like a cat's hairball at your feet,
Born from the brilliant art of dodging responsibility,
And a grand delusion that mistakes are just "creative beats.”
To love is to pretend you care, oh dear,
For something outside yourself—like that plant you forgot to water, I fear.
Yes, most religions have turned this into a thriving market,
Selling “selflessness” like it's the latest fashion—what a racket!
Stained with the colors of thought and wishful dreams,
Dulled by contemplating cultures—you know, the usual schemes.
And if you ponder long enough, who knows?
The future might just wink at you—but only if it shows!
But man—oh, what man dares to take a peek,
At his own quirky quirks, his blunders, and, let’s face it, his cheek?
He is king at heart, ruling with a laugh,
In this comedy of life, where we all play our part—just look at the staff!
Waves
wander
unrestrained
far out to sea
in impassioned mood
relentlessly striving
to discover the allure
of an elusive horizon.
Undaunted I follow in their wake…
A life fraught with the unpredictable.
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The dream play
May feature a
Curtain of complexity
Drawn over the
Simplicity of
~No-separation~
~Which unexpectedly~
May appear
As the curtain~~
Is this what I seek? loud gratitude and a soon end.
Words once comforting
They seem so fake
Expression is vulnerable. Can I come out of this Darkness, yet?
Waves in my tranquil sea.
Happiness; Is it worth it all?
Thoughts became a past
Don't you want something from me?
A maze in a way.
Where's my path on shaky ground?
I stumble, but I don't want to give in.
I crumble, fall, die. Unfairness
I have arrived here, where am I?
It travels in my veins, and my mind, concurring my thoughts
I'll fight for this insight
my hope, the kind darkness.
side by side.
octopus, as I study you
your geneology is not tried and true
alien DNA is what you have, my friend
i wish could talk to clear up this trend
your extensive genome has great complexity
with thirty thousand coding genes, you outrank me
are you from mars, venus or is pluto your extension?
your problem-solving skills are beyond my comprehension
octopus, as I study you
I am confused, what can i do?
who can I ask?
maybe only you.
Driven by the need for pleasure!
Often the transaction of lust
Can end up in the wrong way
When sex changes the ratio of your relationship
Then the conversation changes
The mood changes and the direction of the relationship changes!
Too often the negative aspects stand out
Because it is often judged against a former relationship!
Having sex, the wrong way spells defeat
Making the wrong impression carries deceit!
Sometimes relationships fall apart because
The need for sex takes pre-eminence
[An Old Poem]
Mark Frank
Copyright 2023
They wonder at my doubt
and laugh at my hesitation
-if they even care-
while they smile as if they understand the world.
Do they ever stop to consider
a feather floating by on the wind?
Can they tell me its weight,
the species of bird,
how long it's been separated,
where it's been,
or what it is -
every rung on the twisted ladder
of its genetic fingerprint,
every molecule, every atom,
and the forces that dictate its structure?
Somehow, I doubt it.
But this, as all else, they claim to understand.
22 December 2022
In nature’s pool, away from the moon
jellyfish, those rose tinted wonders
of illuminated buoyancy, my ankles avoid
the terror of tentacles where a perfect
CocoCay day, would not be, to be stung.
In nature’s pool, absorbing the sun’s zeal
and sighting seagulls above the waterline.
I see, with my itty body immersed in manifold
drops - the sea and sky glide overhead
in camouflaged wings of turquoise. Oh God!
Complexity and perspective, latitude and
longitude - yes, God is that specific - shows
up where we are. This poet’s grappling
with weak words. Oh God! Your glory
swims all around, flies over me…I jump with joy.
9/23/2022
Grammatical complexity the young must have,
To coexist with their immortality.
The young nimble mind, the mind that swells as
Would a wave that crashes upon your rocky shore.
Teach them no profanity, teach them well, give unto them
Your religious book to learn from and dwell not on belief's.
A dictionary and encouragement, discipline and self control,
And do not show them death for death's sake to make them hard.
Born from darkness the consciousness a bright light in the womb,
May have arrived just recently,
due to us that in coming, that death knew before.
Around the Aged thus bring them early-life for life to know as the
Aged in passing know from whence they go.
Grammatical complexity of the seven,three and one, discernment
Grows, starve them not of knowledge, knowledge of and is.
Your own personal sacrifice that all know before.
To feed them what they need, not what they want and one in ten,
Then will grow greater than you have or ever we're.
COMPLEXITY
addressed
&simplified
quietly emotional
this figurative
emotion
driven manipulated
cropping up
then
discovered
finding the range
in a
haze of silence
THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making the form a two way interplay and often a unique interpretation by the enigma so derived
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