I've always watched you soar,
It was the landing that caught my attention.
Knowing that the sky has always seduced your spirit
in search of its border,
it saddened me
to see you perched on the limb of transcendental ascendance.
The Breeze of Time
will not allow you to occupy the sky.
But beauty
is Infinity never in need to build that nest...
RIP Mom
Sickness couldn't keep you caged, Lady!
Occupy
Embellish my surroundings
My environment subscribing
Sustain my environment
Occupied
The same with division
Asleep through my eyes
Occupy
As I dream I sleep
as my eyes are closed
Throughout the night
Midnights rest
Slumbers crest
I rest awaken now I run
Standing awaken now I work, I occupy till He comes
8/8/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Let none say that I did not try;
A tragic bundle here I lie;
Through half-closed eyes I recognize;
Slim shadowy forms flow by.
My scraggy mate lies by my side;
Loyal to a comfort I provide;
A fremdship that in times reminds;
Of yearnings satisfied.
Numb to a putrid, stale estate;
Numb to my mouldy, urined state;
I claim and occupy this space;
To compliment my fate.
The scrumbled note laid at my feet;
Is not to beg for sympathy;
Nor do I seek your empathy;
It is a fix I need.
The more we focus on what shines inside
That has us taking this amazing ride
Living life's highest high's
To the stars, so we can mystify
About our love, we won't let slip by
In a place, we can both occupy
Where we see the beauty eye to eye
Baby, it will never be about saying goodbye
You sure know how to make my spirit fly
The good lord would testify
How you taught my heart to reach for the sky
You have to know how hard I try
To give you my love supply
Energising what grows so deep inside
Knowing we have concord love far and wide
How wonderful it feels living without having to hide
Opening up a world that we can justify
Where our life is so electrified
Love that brings on life's most rewarding high
With a woman, who magnifies
All the love that reflects from your eyes
Always find a way to occupy yourself
Do not waste precious time
Get at it and go with the flow
Things will change in the blink of an eye
With each day that passes
There is something for you to learn
Let those lessons teach you
So that way you can earn
Occupies My Mind
Many things in my mind it occupies;
Like cries from all of the Trump lies;
Constantly worrying,
While I am hurrying,
And America sure was not very wise.
Jim Horn
Occupy yourself always
Keep that brain ticking
Enrich your world academically
There is always room for learning
Edify your mind
Make your visions sharper
Continue to make progress
So you can achieve even further
Occupy yourself
And exercise your mind
Fill your world with knowledge
Create your own sunshine
Be willing to learn more
Continue to get ahead
Do not waste precious time
Go for that gold instead
They look down from their penthouse and turn up their nose.
They see us all as a murder of crows. Bunch of pests and foul nuisances trying to eat of their crops.
Not sons and daughters and mommas and pops.
They don't want to hear of our lower class rambling.
Why shan't we continue our financial gambling?
Their scarecrow is the media which deems us all decadent.
We shall not yield the cornfield, For we are the 99 percent!
the occupy folks are sitting down
inside of me, softly chanting
slogans in unison, "CHANGE NOW" -
as i am trying to notice -
to take in the way the light
photosynthesizes through the leaves
of that tree over there
and falls onto the wall
of the building, with it's
ruddy bricks stacked way up
and it lines right through
the glass of the window
onto the edge of that table
where the woman is standing
with a digital tablet in her hand -
maybe it's a book, i can't tell -
and she gazes out the window -
at the pedestrians occupying her view,
and i briefly consider
what it means to occupy me
© Goode Guy 2012-06-07
There is a head game
that none of us wants but
it's there anyway.
There is a head game
that interferes with what we are trying
(in all of our fumbling ineptitude) to say.
There is a head game
that distracts us from quality of life
to
the quantity of stuff for which we must pay.
There is a heart game
that giggles and grins and cares....
I wanna go that way.
The hippies are right,
because they're being picked,
like junkie scabs.
They smell something foul.
They are good at that.
The tambourines and cell phones pulsate; it's time for another great push into the devil's face.
Plastic tents and dirty feet, circles of fury in fiery streets....
HEY Old ones, this is no game -
This is a fight to purge poisons from the black lungs of America.
Back into hot pink innocence.
No more politically correct B.S.
The nest is burning; the hatchlings are jumping
to the concrete
for better or worse.
Now occupy that!
Sometimes I am angry.
Sometimes I wanna scream
'bout the injustice I see
every day.
For example
a Wal-Mart employee
who's only been late to work three times
in seventeen years
wakes up one day
feelin' like ****
calls in late.
Goes to work that day.
Two days later wakes up
in significant pain.
Goes into work anyway
calls doc to set up appointment
is told
Yes, we have room two weeks from now
for you.
Please bring your $20.00 co-pay.
Don't have $20 to spare
So guess the $43.15 deducted from every paycheck
for health “insurance”
Isn't enough to support
whatever lifestyle put this system together?
Ok, I'll die from you, but at least I have
Decent
Moral
Compassionate
Caring
friends.
We ARE the 99%
Open your eyes.
Open your ears.
Try for just tomorrow to set aside
the prejudices you don't believe you have.
99% is a big number
Consensus is a neat process
It takes ALL of us being awake and active
to make a difference.
I don’t live in a tent
But in my heart I too occupy
Part of the everyday 99%
Perturbed, precarious nation
Leaders ambivalent and anti compromise
Poor schoolchildren denied
Welfare women restricted
Diminished services for sick and elderly
“We can’t afford it!
While those who deny live lofty
Not yet gnawed by hunger, cold and no roof”
To protest, demonstrate
First Amendment – peaceably
Healthy youth, aged, homeless
Misfits -all
More than just a right
Ignorance, inaction left a vacuum
In tents or on the square
Peacefully or under arrest
Regain respect
Have the rich pay their share
For teachers, police
You bankers atone for greed!
As profits mount for the 1%
We can’t all be hypocrites
Where is the fairness?
Where is the justice?
Where is the future, our tomorrow?
Do you hear us?
You can see us –
And we can see you too!
I really don’t have to occupy you
I am a resident
I am here to stay
Can you see and hear me now?
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