Don’t Listen
Others predetermined your future
Rendered you a statistic
Along with the application of undesirable labels
of your being
Told you what you couldn’t be
And never would be
They see you now
To their dismay and underestimation
You made a decision
And chose not to listen
You chose to love yourself
Not allowing others' opinions
And negativity
Navigate your destination
You’ve worked hard
Achieved your goal
Yes, you’ve arrived
Never changing who you are
Standing strong, head held high
I applaud you
For not listening
To what you were told
-Laura P.
Five years was their prediction of my lifespan.
Approaching forty-five,
I have a lot to show and less to say.
Photography was never my thing
But I have the most impactful photo of the Earth.
a blurry dot in a sunbeam
Six billion kilometres away.
Crawling through space
at 61,500 kilometres in an hour,
I'll soon lose my makers
to the darkness of space;
and meet my maker(s)
in the darkness of space.
But my voyage will not end
as I have a new friend to meet.
In forty thousand years,
I'll see a friend I only know as
AC+79 3888.
through the fringes of our solar system,
In the nihility of space,
I stand as a testament
of Humans, their ingenuity
and mainly of their underestimation
23.3 billion kilometres
That's how far home is.
But I am home;
Just not the one where I was made.
They thought I'll be a small but significant "Voyager"
I think they were wrong.
Our World is spinning will it be out of control
Will it further infold losing it's orbital stroll
When people determine that it has no place
For damn you all will I lose political face
Threatening threats, will be all that I have
I'm blind to adhere, so no following calf
With an army being depleted, daily it's
Underestimation, my opposition now sits
Assistance of many rearming our flanks
Reinforcing to eliminate to eradicate they
For modern appreciation, we relay thanks
World War two fighting, out with their tanks
There will be no Nuclear War, not even, 3rd
For even the ludicrous know it's obsurd
The tragic of bullies that they have to be heard
That their daily clarity is somewhat so blurred.
Calling all cars! Calling all cars! Be
On the look out for the invisible, the untested.
Resume suspicion of all surfaces.
Our hands like precious china.
Nevermind the irony,
Act vigilant, cautious, enclosed.
Verify the whereabouts of your fingers.
Interrogate your face.
Render all humans and objects a possible threat.
Underestimation will nationally behoove us.
Stay safe.
For so long,
I was a different person.
I didn't show who I am.
I tried patience,
but there are moments when waiting won't work.
And so, I opened my voice
and set my muse free.
I stepped out of my cocoon.
It shook them, each and every one of them.
And though they fought, again and harder,
I saw that their faces were pale.
They've seen me, in my true form.
And that,
through all these times
I was,
underestimated.
For some, I still am.
4 ablution 4 acclimatization 4 adulation
4 benediction 4 biotransformation 4 blastulation
4 concatenation 4 conception 4 configuration
4 declaration 4 dictation 4 differentiation
4 ejaculation 4 emancipation 4 ********
4 fascination 4 flagellation 4 flocculation
4 gastrulation 4 glamorization 4 glorification
4 habituation 4 harmonization 4 homogenization
4 implantation 4 impregnation 4 incubation
4 jubilation 4 junction 4 juxtaposition 4 kation
4 keratinization 4 k-ration
4 labialization 4 libation 4 liquidation
4 manifestation 4 menstruation 4 micro-encapsulation
4 negotiation 4 notification 4 notion
4 ovation 4 oviposition 4 ovulation
4 parturition 4 penetration 4 perpetuation
4 quadruplication 4 qualification 4 question
4 reaction 4 repopulation4 reproduction
4 sanctification 4 schematization 4 scintillation
4 thermojunction 4 titillation
4 underestimation 4 unification 4 union
4 validation 4 valuation 4 vasocongestion
4 weatherization 4 workstation
4 zombification 4 zonation
O tears from where art thou coming?
The traces of crimson corners of eyes
or
Pulsating emotional chambers of the heart
Which have dropped you in solitaire confinement to behold ?
Colorless,
Odorless,
Tasteless,
Are you price less too??
It is at the cost of flooding miseries
or
Hurting pains that you flow in immense stream,
or
The joy of subdued pleasure which brings you in being
Offloading baggage sometimes overloading precedences
Bring you here for us to survive.
Emotional underestimation is such a crime
We often undertake while you wash us through
@ ‘dusk’.....
I walk along Downtrodden street
It crests and sinks under my feet
The steep incline indifferent to my weary
The cal-de-sac I face bottoms my worry
It’s a dark avenue of whimpers,
Of lifeless nests in leafless branches
The sun dims with each step of tentativeness
High gates locked out to my neighbourliness
I follow my shadow like I’m it’s stalker
The sun goes down with his dark laughter
He grows taller and bolder in my underestimation
And moves father, seemingly dictating my direction
I know I should turn back before my sprawl,
But the momentum is an easier ride downhill
I know I should have more sense before dusk,
But lying to myself is a much simpler ask
to state that you are a beauty is to state the obvious.
and to compare you to a flower by others or by us
would be an understatement in whole or in what.
even to liken you to the morning star in every part
would defiantly be saying so little about your life,
as would be to describe you as a dawn amidst strife
would be describing an underestimation of your bill.
even if we were to compare you to a priceless pearl
would be gauging you as someone so low-priced.
but since we fail to find the right words about you,
please, stunning one, accept our battered verse of you.
Hmm, behold the bold face of
the future
of wise words, sacred, and sure;
From the terrific throne of a
perfect prophet
sent through the scary scrolls of
a plain poet.
In the holy books flows these
revelations;
weird words and wise warnings
for all nations.
He that has an ear let him hear
and not fear
what the spirit is saying… from
far and near.
The ***** cat’s absence is not
just abstinence,
O reckless rats, cruise not with…
confidence.
When a lion sneaks and stalks in
the fiery forest
He’s never afraid of the prey he
seeks to arrest…
if the elder is present at the
market square,
an infant’s head should not
bend... without care.
This lamp on fire-- shinning,
roaring and burning…
is the Lord’s light watching,
waiting and warning.
The mighty moth boasting to
quench this light,
will only kill itself before it
takes… flight.
It’s only a wise cripple with a
heart of gold,
that will eventually escape the
war foretold.
The underestimation of the
Immortal by mortals
leads to consequences that are
fierce and fatal.
Behold! The owner of the field is
coming soon,
be prepared for Him morning,
night and noon.
Underestimation, unpredictability
My cannon hauls the weight of the world
In your direction
And your dodging capabilities are neglecting to serve you
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