IN AND OF WHAT WAS, WILL BE AGAIN
(I.E., There’s Nothing New Under The Sun)
In more ways than one,
it has been often said,
“what’s going to happen,
happened once before;
and what happened before,
will surely happen again.”
How thought-provoking.
Is there anything ever new?
Pondering the question,
check out the following flow:
Was not the present POTUS,
once before; and did he not get
kicked out of that office?
And will he not be
kicked out again,
this time too?
Indeed, no matter
how it goes, he will go:-
Just check out the Daily Sun,
and its sojourns: yo-yoing yesterday,
today, and tomorrow; as if to summarize:
“Its happened before, and will again.”
And hey, just check this out:
“Finally, let me say, remember,
we always reap whatever we sow.”
(“There’s nothing new under the sun.”)
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
Often strangers clap louder for you
Than people you thought you knew
This is the mark of my own people
Many tell you that they want to see you grow
But many of them enjoy seeing you when you are at a low!
Smile for the haters
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
Today frenemies exist
Snakes in the grass that’s ready to bite
Jealousy and resentment run so deep
But you must keep the faith
Frenemies only know gossip
But they cannot stop the victory that belongs to you!
They will try to damage your story
Hoping they can hold on to their glory
They often live in a fake reality
But darkness does not live forever!
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
There is nothing new under the sun
This we have seen since the beginning of time!
Many tell you that they want to see you grow
But many of them enjoy seeing you when you are at a low
Often strangers clap louder for you
Than people you thought you knew
Smile for the haters
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
Mark Frank
Copyright 2025
and the good guys lost
all of us ‘got feet of clay
we are tainted, corrupted
and who of us will not say
"no, not me, I will be trusted"
we've come a long way, 'never stay too long
we'll have the last word if only to be wrong
evolution has gone to hell
myopic fighting for peace
ev'ry sucker for himself
all hail, this wily disease
you may point a finger 'til y' arms fall off
I might look away having seen enough
war is over, I said, war is over!
and the good guys lost
hand over fist, making it fit
continue, do as been done
4th world war wi' stones n' sticks
nothing new under the sun
a hungry ghost, frustrated with remorse
here's to it will be like it never was
war is over, I said, war is over!
and the good guys lost
no more than a tease to get it started
much harder to switch it off
war is over! I said war is over
and the good guys lost
and the good guys lost
Feel like im 1 of 1 in this torn apart world, if i turn cold thats undone
seen with my past mistakes
nothing new under the sun, someone else has sat in this place
a world where we keep a loaded gun and a mask to cover our face
from pain we easily run i guess were scared of the mace
Showin love will get you hung, what a shame or disgrace
look what the devil has brung now were corrupted by toxic waste
speak evil in fears of them cutting your tongue, caught up like a rat in this race
And the flash of reel will have you stunned so in turn we walk away (real,reel)
Our thoughts we keep concealed, worried how the other portray
Like a rat running on a wheel till our bodies decay
My skin ill allow you to peel even if you poison my bod-ay
Im looking for something real like "whats outside of this cage"
Im bitin at the steel maybe one day we'll all escape...
You take a break ill keep biting till my body you cant resuscitate, I'll keep fighting till me and death got a lovely dinner date.
There’s nothing new under the sun
Under the moon as well
The shady side makes better fun
Has something new to tell
I’m in the cool of shade again
My every breath is new
The air gets fresher with the rain
Makes me feel happy too
I like the sun, but now’s the time
To hide away from light
Goodbye to moon, its pantomime
I find a bit uptight
Draw down the curtain, let the chill
Creep through the open door
While in the shade, this homely feel
I treasure more and more.
Prehistoric knowledge stirs then erupts
like lava
All that's left is volcanic ash after mountainous
epiphanies
My esoteric philosophies burn from the inside
out
Destructive bouts of genius ensue as New Age
ideas stick like glue
There's nothing new under the sun & there's
no stopping this intellectual drip
Rays of light shine then fall like rain touching
everything in view
Many cups runneth over all eager for you to
take a sip
Enlightening you with every drop your synapses
pop with thunderous claps
Oceans of emotions churn until tsunamis of thoughts
overtake you
A naturally disastrous silence hits like the dawn
of a new day
A calming peace comes over you like sitting under
a tree in the shade
That feeling will never leave you no matter
the season
Everyone awakens at different times for
different reasons
The universe speaks in many ways & at some point
we all hear what it has to say
To disregard the natural order of things would in
& of itself be treason
("The Cave of Unknowing", 2012, original oil)
Live Free or Die
Live free or die!
Well, we’re all gonna die,
But living and dying free
Is obviously the way to go.
Freedom of speech
May be the root of all our freedoms
But it’s meaningless
If all we can do is parrot others.
Look around
The night sky is daylight bright now
From all the gaslighting we see streaming
From every pore of every mainstream media whore.
The blind are blind not from birth
But from having their heads buried in sand
For so long
They can’t tell up from down.
Nothing new under the sun
And Plato spilled the beans long ago
On the blind
In their caves of unknowing.
But the point is you have to see for yourself
To know the truth,
And as all truth knowers know,
Only the truth will set you free.
(6/26/24)
I don't want to be part of your life
like I did before
I'm ok if I don't see you
I'm ok if you don't call
I'm ok knowing
that I am on my own
nothing new under the sun
anymore
Why am I surprised
that I can still be surprised;
for there is nothing new under the sun.
Watching life from the safety of my living room
television screen~
Turn it off!
Let reliance
on common sense
erase the voices
of modern hysteria.
Why am I surprised
that I can still be surprised;
friends turn out to be backstabbers,
without remorse for the evil they've done;
the nuclear option is "on the table."
Its mushroom cloud
will envelope the world
in Mutual Assured Destruction,
and surprisingly,
I won't be surprised!
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
Often strangers clap louder for you
Than people you thought you knew
Many tell you that they want to see you grow
But many of them enjoy seeing you when you are at a low!
Smile for the haters
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
Today frenemies exist
Snakes in the grass that’s ready to bite
Jealousy and resentment run so deep
But you must keep the faith
Frenemies only know gossip
But they cannot stop the victory that belongs to you!
They will try to damage your story
Hoping they can hold on to their glory
They often live in a fake reality
But darkness does not live forever!
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
There is nothing new under the sun
This we have seen since the beginning of time!
Many tell you that they want to see you grow
But many of them enjoy seeing you when you are at a low
Often strangers clap louder for you
Than people you thought you knew
Smile for the haters
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
Mark Frank
Copyright 2023
A broken wristwatch
nothing new, nothing old,
time does not pass
it is just the mind moving.
Nothing new under the sun but ----
behind the sun
all is ever new.
Wind an old watch
watch it tell you nothing
its hands move
with your thoughts.
Beyond the sun
the universe phones-in,
it asks just one question -
the answer to that
is you.
Daddy once said, "There is nothing new under the sun.
It's not what you do but how it's done."
So doing it well is the theme of the day
Get up, dress up, and be on your way
Onward to your glorious destiny
It is written so you must read it intently
Then play!
Yes, play it
Play it like u mean it and mean it when u play it
Nevermind what they say; it's all about how you feel it
Like Bruce Lee mastering the body and mind with martial arts
Like B.B. strumming Lucille not with his hands but with his heart
Like Jesse glowing up the track in Berlin in '36 with four golds after he crossed the finish line
Like Jordan in the 4th quarter so get out of the way 'cause it's winning time
So if you mean it, go ahead and do it
Why would you not when you were born Intuit
There’s nothing new under the sun,
It’s all been done, it’s all been done.
--I’ll make a sword also a gun!
The eighties called, it’s all been done.
--A film with car crashes for fun!
Won an Oscar, it’s all been done.
--A tale where you can speak age one!
They made it twice, it’s all been done.
--A race for folks that cannot run!
They’ve long had those, it’s all been done.
--A tragic play chock full of puns!
Talk to the Bard, it’s all been done.
--Nightmare creatures that shock and stun!
Paging Lovecraft, it’s all been done.
--A trip to refuel the damn sun!
Go read scifi, it’s all been done.
--The something with an airborne nun?
Strangely enough, that has been done.
--Then tales of people wrongly shunned…
Good lord, those have been overdone..
--An ode to folks who weight one ton!
Sadly, again, it’s all been done.
There’s nothing new under the sun,
It’s all been done, it’s all been done…
--Yeah, but it hasn’t been done MY way!
That which has been is that which shall be
That which is done is what shall be done
That which we've seen is what we shall see
For there's nothing new under the sun*
So a sense of feeling déjà vu
Has already been there before time
History repeats itself, what's new?
Time forgotten reminds life to chime
A time warp, moving from hour to hour
To stop this cycle, we've no power
A monotonous repetition
From time to time, life's a transition
Déjà vu, this has happened before
People talking of the 'time' concept
There's always so much more to explore
Time is relative,we all accept
*Ecclesiastes 1:9-10
16th February 2023
For "Déjà vu" contest by Unseeking Seeker
Many tell you that they want to see you grow
But many of them enjoy seeing you when you are at a low
A big smile for the haters
I let them feel the force of Dark Vader!
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
Today frenemies exist
Snakes in the grass that’s ready to bite
Jealousy and resentment run so deep
But you must keep the faith
Frenemies only know gossip
But they cannot stop the victory that belongs to you!
They will try to damage your story
Hoping they can hold on to their glory
They often live in a fake reality
But darkness does not live forever!
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
There is nothing new under the sun
This we have seen since the beginning of time!
Many tell you that they want to see you grow
But many of them enjoy seeing you when you are at a low
A big smile for the haters
I let them feel the force of Dark Vader
You clapped for them and they were quiet for you
Mark Frank
Copyright 2023
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