Our outward transmission
Misinterpreted by the receptor
We apply a healing balm
Rather than a lie detector
If there be a flicker of hesitation
In our impulse to embrace
Know that ego is at play
Sending us on a wild goose chase
How does right vs wrong really matter
If in loving hearts there be a chasm
All that counts is joy & laughter
Love radiating from our body prism
03-September-2020
If I knew that going to my aunt's place
Would end up with me on a wild goose chase
On a hunt for that prized necklace
She lost because she was reckless,
I wouldn’t have bothered coming at all.
Grandfather’s picture hung up on wall
Looking down at us
If he were still alive, he’d make a fuss.
It was a gift from him, after all.
Get out of the house, they said.
It can be a new adventure, they pled.
We are they now? They fled.
Those lying, conniving chickens,
Could’ve finished A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens
This is definitely something new
From my typical routine that speaks true.
Obviously not by turning her house topsy turvy
Although I don’t feel the slightest bit nervy.
Something new? Mom would definitely have a laugh
Although she’d say that I’ve had more than that of a giraffe.
12/10/18
And no I’m not crazy
Maybe a little tipsy but nothing close to sober
It still doesn’t mean I’m crazy for wanting the best range rover
You might be laughing like I cracked a bad joke
Or insinuating that I had a bit of that cheap coke
But trust me, I’m not crazy.
Hearing my dreams and aspirations, it might sound like I’m on a wild goose chase
Because you underestimate my speed but trust me I’m up for the race
Although she says ‘NO’ now because I don’t meet her expectations,
In a few years time, the boy she dumped would be the center of admiration.
I guess it’s time t wake up now, oh ****, it was just a dream
But I’ll still get out of my room with that beam
Like the lead actor in a James bond film.
Really wonder what you’re thinking
Whether you still love me
Whether you’ll fight for me
Whether you’ll be there
Whether you still care
Whether you are going to be there for me or not
Heard a wise quote
Once you are vulnerable with your partner
Is when you discover love?
And can grow in love
All I see is hate despicably empty soullessness
Taking me on a wild goose chase
And I don’t know what to do for it
But to believe that destiny will take me
On the path that is ever so true
Ever so pure
The path that is supposed to be
So I have no choice but to wait
Not on you
But on myself
On whether I love you
Or
On whether I can live without you
No matter how old we are or get to be
If we are going to succeed, one can never quit
There will always be some rocks in the road
Some are in front of us, some we never see
We can never say, this is it
Just have to keep on hauling our load
If you feel like you have been on a wild goose chase
On a dead end street with no U turn
And it is always your neck in the noose
Running here and there, all over thee place
But that is the only way to learn
Only to find out that you are chasing the wrong goose
Some times not sure our path or where it will lead
Finding the road to Hell is paved with good intentions
Ending up in the ditch of life's interstate
Going to Hell at a high rate of speed
You need to change your directions
Don't give up, it is never to late
Life is not a magic carpet ride or some fantasy
Pretty castles or a trail of fairy dust
It can be a mean old monster that will kick you in the groin
The best wake up call is a thing called reality
Where one makes it or goes bust
No matter the case, we have to keep on going
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