No question is harder than this alarming dialogue
must I completely forget each joy given to me?
Fear is the adversary; it suggests I remain free:
no vision is equal to this imagination so vague!
It's a disadvantage to express beliefs that are rejected
by the masses manipulated by contrasting science, not faith;
they become invalided by bizarre minds lacking worth,
and they affect us with their derogative philosophy of creed!
When untruths are perceived as facts and truths as misconception,
we run the risk of irrationality and stand on the brink of confusion;
where's the authentic sense of reason that connects us to reality?
Be transformed by all invisible forces and you'll lose your sanity!
No prospective is clearer than the one that's ever present
and deviates us from the right course taken by old wisdom;
will we err by irrational wish, by naive reaction or foolish intent?
In this circle of extreme folly, we choose allusion over realism!
They where hunter gatherers at one with the land,
They thanked mother earth with song and dance,
Occasionally another tribe would raid and kill,
Years they lived on the land with customs and traditions
The head was the chief beloved by all,
Happy .... not knowing what was to come.
White man came they wanted their land,
White man spoke with folk tongue signing treats they didnt keep,
They eradicated whole groups to get their way,
The natives not expected to fight back,
When they did they where called savages.
The whites called them indians a derogative name when all is said and done,
Shoved on reservations their traditions outlawed,
Their children shoved in white mans schools they didnt want to go,
For years it's been that way a tragedy to behold,
Soon their ways will be forgotten,
Native Americans true people of the land.
1/22/16
Always negative
Is not a good way to live
Be positive
And think cognitive
Don't speak derogative
Because that is preposterous
Considering that there will always be contrast and opposites
Across areas full of rocks having traces of phosphorous
And nearby deposits with onyxes
As well as places that have ostriches, hippopatamus
And rhinoceros
Or wherever it may be in all honestness
Across the continents
One thing it seems we all have common is
That we are members of a group labeleled Hominin
If you make and break the promises
Accept and face the consequences
Always be yourself and have confidence
But not to the point of obnoxiousness
I got to work harder for opulence
Because I want to help friends, family and the populace
With or without pairs of moccasins
All along the grid
No longer want to have any of my pockets thin
Got to bulk it up, going at a speed faster than any known rockets did
There was some wrong I did
But I wanted to make it right, and did not want to fib
Make it to the very top and grin
Near hawks, and anything else that walks and lives
By: Dalton Ogletree
THE CRITIC
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
You may know me if not always by name
I’m the person that always has a complain
I’m critical of nearly anything day after day
I seldom, if ever, have anything positive to say
Its an easy business I’ve been in it for a while
I can torpedo an idea without cracking a smile
My initial investment was practically zero
I was the only kid on my block without a hero
I couldn’t play with Billy, or his terrier mutt
My parents said his mother dressed like a ****
I couldn’t play with Sam there’s too much strife
Besides its rumored his dad beats his wife
My parents trained me methodically for this role
Don’t need education just jealousy in your soul
I never mistakenly said or say anything positive
I know a hundred or more ways to be derogative
So if you know me or someone I resemble
Make a quick exit you cant afford to gamble
The odds are stacked you wont escape
Sticking around me is a fatal mistake
Life like a movie,
Look at me,
Can’t you see?
Crazed mind,
Left behind,
Every memory,
You’re ahead of me,
Feeling ill,
A passing thrill,
Grips me up,
I’ll erupt,
This feeling in my head,
My eyes see red,
Can’t you comprehend?
My quickly nearing end,
Which direction?
No affection,
Head takes control,
Fell in the hole,
Deep is the dark,
Feeling stark,
I’ll never make the mark,
I’ve always wanted to,
Nothing new,
Thoughts creep,
Every one deep,
Distortion,
Eruption,
Rise up and flee,
You won’t turn into me,
Afflicted,
Addicted,
To my words,
I know you heard,
Understand,
Where I am,
Life is bleak,
For a freak,
There’s nothing left,
I’ll try my best,
Not to burst,
Turn for the worst,
Better myself,
Personal health,
Will to win,
Time to begin,
Moving forward,
Reach toward,
The right light,
So ---- bright,
I just might,
Find myself to be,
Beyond free,
Life with wings,
What goodness brings,
Do you see me now?
One big wow,
Feel the power of positive,
Let go of derogative,
Thoughts, Feelings, Wishes,
Beating hearts get kisses,
Don’t ever leave,
Always believe,
Every day,
A step ahead of death.
Pupils with developed thoughts applaud me
Lessons learned, a positive strap on my shoulders
Even my anger becomes a derogative as I get older
Ashy and unwanted, simply taunted
Sometimes it’s lovely
Eventually the skies will fall from above me
Do you feel you could ever spoil my greed?
Or my constant need to boil in soiled seeds
Now you have the right to forever plead
Tonight’s the night you regret what you read
Channel my emotions as of this path I am denied
Rivers run dry yet tears fall from the sky
Yonder are the days my curse whispers goodbye
Fortune and Fame
Of a broken mans tortured name
Reality bares me naked in it’s orchard of shame
My identity is flawed
Either I died or I’m living in awe
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