As in crystal methamphetamine, the mind becomes cold.
Anxiety, paranoia, and schizophrenia
Creep in, like snakes and deathstalker scorpions, uncontrolled
Are bones, veins, flesh, and blood affected by asthenia?
The body begs for calm composure; the moody mind mulls.
Midst fires of optimism, the ice of pessimism melts.
Restlessness and rebelliousness resemble spineless skulls
Vandalism of vindictiveness vitiates vague vents
The feeling of freedom to fly and fervently flutter
Fill and flow flawlessly, like fine floral fluorescence.
Mild melodies of memories musically mutter
Constant conscious conscience has come to be the quintessence.
When the ice of hateful, heinous, hideous hurdles heaps
May passions of compassion flare from the depths of the deeps!
Categories:
rebelliousness, humanity, life, nature,
Form: Sonnet
*Image of New Level of Morality by CharN.
The March of Us
A time that possesses my introspections,
contributes a pastime,
noting parents made donations,
~The March of Dime.
That coinage seemingly flipped from then to now,
new technology prime,
trials social media vow
~The March of Time.
Hollywood legends are noxious, paid, and made
silver screen pantomime,
chaos begets morals decayed,
~The March of Crime.
Protect the innocence from the innocent,
offbeat nursery rhyme,
as to culture spiral descent,
~The March of I'm.
The motivation for our rebelliousness,
increased in our lifetime,
reversal roles to righteousness
~The March We Climb.
2023 January 22
*RZ & HMS; following Constance format
Categories:
rebelliousness, angst, future,
Form: Rhyme
April 25 Scripture Meditations Based on Job 31-36
Key Verse – Job 31:4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR COUNTING ALL MY STEPS
Thank You for counting all my steps of faithfulness
Away from indolence and sluggardness
Toward service-effectiveness
Along Your work’s zealousness.
Thank You for counting all my steps of commitment
Away from dissatisfaction and discontentment
Toward dedication-agreement
Along Your kingdom’s advancement.
Thank You for counting all my steps of obedience
Away from rebelliousness and insurgence
Toward sacrifice-resurgence
Along Your great commission’s fulfillment-diligence.
Thank You for counting all my steps of humility
Away from arrogance and self-pity
Toward dependence-security
Along Your name’s majesty.
Thank You for counting all my steps of submission
Away from stubbornness and insubordination
Toward surrender-subjection
Along Your honour’s magnification.
Thank You for counting all my steps of worship
Away from idolatry and world-friendship
Toward servant-leadership
Along Your ministry’s partnership.
April 25, 2022
Categories:
rebelliousness, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
the-me-against-the-world rebelliousness,
the raging hormones of puberty,
the adult expectations,
the struggle to fit in,
and the peer pressure!
oh, the growing...
pains of youth;
stressful
phase.
Date written: 08/08/2021
Categories:
rebelliousness, conflict, perspective, teenage, youth,
Form: Nonet
Forced solitude began with loneliness
Resulting in consciousness contraction
Shifting to vibrancy in aloneness
Looming spectre of death birthed fearfulness
Plunging our mind into agitation
Forced solitude began with loneliness
Survival instinct heightened awareness
Softened attention our meditation
Shifting to vibrancy in aloneness
Tranquil calm replaced erst rebelliousness
We sought solace in void of cessation
Forced solitude began with loneliness
Empathy awoke, spewing lovingness
Our heart now overflows with compassion
Shifting to vibrancy in aloneness
Recognising interconnectedness
Love, not fear, our hearts orientation
Forced solitude began with loneliness
Shifting to vibrancy in aloneness
07-June-2021
Categories:
rebelliousness, courage, love, muse,
Form: Villanelle
Rebelliousness... or normal conformities;
Individually, as they do have differences...
Awareness can easily detect absurdities,
Yet, who'd truly ignore rebel utterances?
Hobby works are rarely publicised, or true:
Who'd decide what's acceptable for verse?
Rebels cannot be disciplined, couldn't do;
Simply keep quiet, accepting it's adverse!
Please, come to my world: Scotland/Alba,
Rebelliousness flourishes within our souls;
Graciously, welcome to share our mantra:
FREEDOM actually achieves all your goals!
© Ewen A Morrison
e. 8.10.20
Categories:
rebelliousness, absence, allusion, angst, appreciation,
Form: Quatrain
'Rebel Poetry'
Rebelliousness... or normal conformities;
individually, of course, have differences,
a person's definitions may bar absurdities,
yet, who'd truly ignore rebel utterances?
Amateur writings are rarely publicised, so
who'd determine what's acceptable for verse?
Rebels can not be disciplined... no can do...
should one keep quiet: accept it's adverse!
Otherwise, come to my world: Scotland/Alba,
rebelliousness flourishes within OUR souls;
wherever from, welcome to share our mantra:
FREEDOM eventually achieves all your goals!
© Ewen A. Morrison
Categories:
rebelliousness, absence, analogy, angst, appreciation,
Form: Quatrain
Be strong in the Almighty Father against pride’s demand
Stay conscious in forsaking haughtiness and its selfishness-brand
Let God hide you with His meekness’ hand
Since He’s already humbled you along salvation’s stand.
Be strong* in the Almighty Creator against worldliness
Stay committed in giving up destructive earthly business
Let God grip you with His virtue’s holiness
Since He’s already imputed unto you separation’s righteousness.
Be strong in the Almighty Lord against disobedience-emergence
Stay converted in turning from rebelliousness-insurgence
Let God move you with His might’s resurgence
Since He’s already empowered you toward submission’s diligence.
*Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
July 25, 2019
Categories:
rebelliousness, christian, devotion, faith, god,
Form: Didactic
INGRATITUDE WALTZ
How could you give me such extreme distress
While my care for you has always been so strong
Did I not show where you were going wrong?
When you spent such toil on your pathetic writing
I enlightened you how you were wasting time
Put you straight and got you back again in line
The expression of ideas you took delight in
But you wilfully rejected all of mine
Your rebelliousness it really was a crime
Don’t you know that you need me to make your judgement
For yours is only giving me vexation
Can’t be trusted to make self determination
You would still be in religious cult induction
If I hadn't made a plan for your salvation
For your own sake had to use incarceration
With your protests diagnosed as bipolarity
Shrinks insisted drugs and ECT were kind
Would bring you to more compliant frame of mind
And yet you now show such a lack of gratitude
All my caring seems to be misunderstood
Yet I've always done what's purely for your good
Contest: As easy as ABB
Sponsor: Nina Parmenter
Categories:
rebelliousness, irony, satire,
Form: Rhyme
Blurred sights, clarity remains
Rebelliousness nonexistent, sometimes a ray
Associations a downfall, leading astray
Numbness soothing, until panic soars
Attendance to depart, ensuring departure.
Unsteady legs, balanced steps
A poured escape, drowning in regret
Unnoticed presence, disturbed by familiarity
Speech absorbed, uninterpreted
Purpose defeated, knowing the unknown.
Emotions fluctuate, care constant
Emptiness filled, with concentrated sips
Excessive consciousness, a poor act
Elaborations fluent, betrayed by a stench
Erroneous responses, beckoning distance.
Mental lapses, memories stored
Glass drained, a purchase to be made
Uncontrolled motions, perceived to be intentional
'Disappointment' echoing, volumes relentless
A pond of thoughts left, to a lonesome ponder.
Loss envelopes, relations sustained
Shards scatter, threatening flesh
Invisible tears, sodden spirits
A fated meeting, a choice afforded
An inebriated promise; a sober agreement.
Categories:
rebelliousness, drink, drug, feelings, forgiveness,
Form: I do not know?
INGRATITUDE
How could you give me such extreme distress
While my care for you has always been so strong
When you erred in thinking you were a success
Did I not show you, where you were going wrong
When you spent such toil on your pathetic writing
I revealed how you were wasting all your time
I put you right and helped you with my chiding
To get you straight and back again in line
The expression of ideas you took delight in
And wilfully disputed truth in mine
Why couldn't you conform and stop the fighting
Your rebelliousness it really was a crime
You would still be in religious cult induction
If I hadn't made a plan for your salvation
Though you fought and screamed that it was an abduction
For your sake we had to use incarceration
With your protests diagnosed as bipolarity
A psychiatrist said psych-medicine would be kind
Then a good dose of electroconvulsive therapy
Brought you to a more amenable frame of mind
And yet you now show such a lack of gratitude
All my caring seems to be misunderstood
And I find it hard to understand your attitude
Since I've always done what's purely for your good
Categories:
rebelliousness, anger, irony, satire,
Form: Verse
Why, Momma, why?
Was I not deserving
of you?
Was I not good?
Was I too frail?
Did you send me away
Because your own life
derailed?
Why, Momma, why
Do I still secretly wail?
Asking myself what did I do so
wrong? How did I fail?
What you called rebelliousness
Was the only way I knew how
to stay strong sometimes, I'd
stay up all night looking after you
Got banged and bruised so that
he wouldn't hurt you
No one else did that
Isn't it true?
Did you ever think about my wounds
That was the only way I knew to
protect you
Instead of helping me
You banished me through lies,
Stripped me from my home,
My siblings, my life
Withheld your love
Because I tried to take my own life
But did you ever stop and think that
Perhaps something in me wasn't right?
Why, momma, why?
Does your absence whisper in me
A forever sorrowful lullaby and
Although, I miss you I love you more
each day that goes by
I forgive you wholeheartedly
Despite that yesterday, I cried
I wouldn't hesitate to wipe
The tears from your eyes if they
ever again were to meet with mine
Categories:
rebelliousness, absence, abuse, betrayal, childhood,
Form: Bio
The baseball glove I never wore
Is kept within this box
With a first place ribbon partly torn
From the medal at the top...
And a letter mom asked me to mail
That had begged you to come home
But I kept it so her fairytale
Would just die if left alone...
As I slowly wiped the tears away
That fell from both her eyes
I'd hush her lips when she would say
She missed you and your lies...
In rebelliousness I'd turn away
As my friends play with their dad
Glancing back at me with such dismay
That I'd want just what they had...
But your absence made the man in me
Eventually grow to fill the space
Of my friend and father absentee
With diplomas in its place...
But the one thing that you cant redound
Just imagine if you can
Is growing up without a man around
So you know just where we stand...
Terry
WWW.WhiteLionPoetry.com
Categories:
rebelliousness, absence
Form: Light Verse
Missing that
Sultry ****
Of stained coffee
and stale cigarettes.
We thought we were
French, and perhaps as
Close to rebelliousness
as the Midwest would Allow.
My eye make-up made
me Alive and a woman
Stronger than you
And could ever be.
With those candles
And cement blocks
you penetrated me
And I was alive.
Categories:
rebelliousness, introspection,
Form: Free verse
“love and darkness and my sidearm”
This line reminds me of youthful rebelliousness
Of summer nights, out with good friends
Driving along, in a car together
Feeling as if we could live forever
No cares, no laws, no responsibilities
Just a love of life and debauchery
When I sing it, I’m there with them
This is my life, and these are my friends
It’s the wonderful past that I never had
That I can live for a minute, both good and yet bad
I’m laughing, loving, wild, and free
Until the song ends, and with it, the fantasy
Song: The South Side by Moby
7/17/11
Categories:
rebelliousness, adventure, fantasy, friendship, happiness
Form: Rhyme
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