THE MOST PRICELESS THING THAT MONEY CANNOT BUY, IS ALLOWING YOURSELF TO SMILE.
Do I really want to see Mamdani fail
Well, I wanted Biden to succeed
And so far HE’s avoided jail…
A random thought, strange lines are drawn
Starbursts exploding in the brain
Parallel pathways amp the gain
From small to shrimp, from shrimp to prawns
Tangentially, another dawns
Möbius-like, it loops again,
a random thought.
Eternal Now, it is explained,
sees ere I was till long past gone.
Now that’s a thought to linger on…
So did I now just entertain
a random thought?
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A Rondine: abbaabRbaabR
Never deal in cents to lose your drip,
Watch and feel the legends and pay a trib.
Mighty sword bends by the force of nib,
Lost sight of the shore and winds left the ship.
I see you sitting there, glancing at me whenever I’m not glancing at you. You’re wearing a black hat and a white shirt with I believe grey colored shorts. I glanced your way and I caught you looking at me while I type out my “Random Thoughts.” You’ve been looking my way for a while and I quite frankly don’t like it. I now understand why some guys don’t like girls checking them out or staring at them. But honestly you are cute and wouldn’t mind talking to you, you’re currently typing something while listening to something on your headphones.
i'm not
here for
the riot
but to
write
it if
i can
throwing
back a can
of unexploded
tear gas because
i'm not wearing a
gas
mask
no i
know
i'm sure
my photo
is now being
shown on mass
media but i don't
need exposure
or the cover
of TIME
to tell
you
that
i'm
me
and
will
always
be me
but the
times
do change
as so do i
but
i'll
still
be
me
no
matter what's
the matter
Nonetheless
I refer to you and frankly I cannot stop.
I once heard a gypsy sing not anything of this world.
I doubt her song was for me.
Nonetheless
I referred to her almost immediately.
Unapologetically removing myself from conclusion.
Frankly I just love hearing her talk.
Going from place to place.
Retrospection
It's very likely I never once moved.
Referring to her for immediate assistance.
Establishing chair in wait.
Youthful eyes wild & free.
Unable to tame the sunset.
Her sense of freedom.
Not anything of this world
I have seem plants on the brink of death,
Yellow and wilting, with limp stems losing the battle against gravity
And yet I have seen these same plants thrive again
I have seen them rebound and stand erect, flourishing in the sunlight
And if they can regain their vitality, then so can I.
The way that our sun is seen from many different positions
And is known by many different names across the universe
So are you
But just like our sun only a relative few know you up close
And while the others may admire you from afar
Only those few have truly realized all of the warmth and the light you can bring.
We will never get what
we deserve
from the world we live in
We will never get what
we dream
from the mind we think in
We will never get what
we love
from the heart we feel in
We will never get what
we need
from the body we walk in
Until there is
nothing that we want
We will never
get what we deserve
A random thought invasion
Drove me to my knees
I questioned if my very sanity
Was about to up and leave
It gnawed at me incessantly
Like a rat on moldy cheese
It felt like a vice grip on my soul
And wouldn't let me be
I could feel it coursing through my brain
Like earthworms trying to find a home
I screamed desperately for some help
But it's just me here all alone.
Four shots of whiskey later
I drown out the constant roar
My random thought has retreated
But will return tomorrow for more
I don’t know why it happened
I can’t turn back the clock
My journey will continue on
Once I’m over the shock
Your lies were so convincing
And I was so naïve
Forever so forgiving
I allowed you to deceive
But what I really wanted
Was a place where I could be
Safe from hurt and harm
A place that does not exist
For I will always be there
My own worst enemy
The walls I built in my defence
They’ll be the death of me
They’ve now become my prison
And I must stand alone
The judge and jury and defence
For sins I can’t atone
A waste of space
A laughing stock
A loser and a sinner
A lost and lonely human being
Craving to be a winner
For no-one will accept me
just the way I am
my flawed and perfect energy
inseparable from you
To come up with poetry
Off the top of my head
Is my gift to you
From the poems you have read
Just random thoughts that go
through my head
Hoping to uplift and inspire with
these words that are said
I live life it doesn't live me
So i cherish the second chance that
was given to me
Though life is a gift for some it's a
charge but even in doubt i keep going
hard
Through these words i breathe life
And paint pictures for most for all to
enjoy no matter what coast
Since we live in the last days
Knowing the end is so close
Sometimes I can't breathe
Some people call it asthma
I call it heartache
the crystal smears
the seeker's vision distorts
clarity lost
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