Short Rationalized Poems

We all are curious,
Others call it
Naivety. I am
Disturbed by the
Equivocal interpretations
Rationalized with ignorance.
Faith, a leap to
Understand out beliefs.
Lies, truth, the unknown....

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I’ve rationalized my way to that point again. 
There seemed to be a good reason to start (using), 
And a reason to follow it up, for just a couple days.
“Get it out of my system.”  I may say.
I’ll think of some way or another of writing it off when I need to. 
But by the final time I am reaching for it, I know the reason I began made no real sense at all....

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rains clear 
the moon shines bright
facing west 
thoughts take flight
with a crumpled pack of cigarettes
judgments muse minor regrets

torrential showers dry my eyes 
me and myself judge a shallow I
the past has passed
no future set
judgments squandered with some regret

a new day’s dawn bringeth light
lumination transcends plight 
obligations shorn of debt 
rationalized sans regret

hand me a key to unlock the sky
I seek the stars in the halo you ply...

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