Human ingenuity leapfrogs beyond ordinary
Buoying upon wings of intellectual curiosity
Sustaining innovation, creative imagination,
Breaking barriers once thought impenetrable,
Daring to conquer the arduous, unknown~
Resistant to understanding, inert to inquiry.
Unfathomable is force of scientific curiosity
That opened doors to discoveries, inventions:
Telescopes that explore the origin of universe,
Space flights landing on Moon and Mars,
Defying gravity, exceeding the speed of sound;
Telephones, electricity, computers, automobiles,
Untold preventive medicines, therapeutics,
Vaccines holding in check reign of pandemics,
Treatments for diseases, cure for hepatitis,
Nuclear fusion searching new source of energy
Reducing emissions to sustain life on earth.
Curiosity is the flame of wisdom, inspiration,
Lifeline for mortality pursuing life and liberty;
Promise of yesterday, today, and tomorrow,
For explicating phenomena less understood,
For guiding aspirations of cognitive intellect,
For directing journey on roads not traversed.
January 8, 2023
Placed 1st: This or That, Vol 15 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
DOSAGES AND PROCEDURES
We should not hepatize
the situation...
We should not sulfatize
in vain...
We cannot intoxicate
the reality...
The truth, however
poisonous whatever,
is therapeutics ...
The lie, yes clog
veins and thoughts ...
Pain and exaltation
are not synonymous and
if one can be a cure,
the other does not serve
as therapy ...
Let's do more anamnesis
of our mistakes and successes,
suture and cauterize
the wounds, the inconsistencies ...
Prescribe the elixir
of resilience and the serum
ethereal hope,
and we sipped the love
drop by drop to
make sure
of cure... !
"Yep!" was the telling yell yet failing to fail safely
And so I continued to train through inch forth by inch
Carefully unraveling my self-hate plainly
And Echo worth waiting for a sign in self stench.
It was the pup's ear that stained the end of my leash
Fearing infection steps were followed to maintain
The smell left was self-help therapeutics by peace
Peeling layers of time off the minds that blame shame.
And continuing to sow seed that bears passion
Shedding uselessness living for a real purpose
J. Hamilton Gist rises from defeat's ashes
Promising change for those that don't think life hurt us.
So enforce us entrust us in torches our faith
burns the dry skin of sin leading onlookers out towards...
What's next.
lazy electrons
select correctly
for a hard working dawn
my schematics are smothered
in positive provocative ions
can't wait to see you
in a nice classy black thong
psychoactive therapeutics
cycle through sedative terror optics
I bask in the error of righteous lunatics
monday night slippery pistol grips
doing it right, no hype
sex toys
bondage tape
frozen grapes and feathered whips
I could spend all day squeezing your hips
the rough riding randomness
of my erratic energetic lust
all I want is to take my time and touch
and touch
and touch
and touch
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