Saturday mourning madness
Seventh day straight
Eighth day since
My sanity lynched
And time to change my gait
Before I come unhinged
Every day desperately prying
Decidedly trying to open my presence
In hope of finding that perfect gift
Of quote, or rhyme or witty quip
With captivating essence
From which my mind has binged
So keep on reading
I’ll give more than a sample
But don’t be a critic
The warnings are ample
I will purposely trample
Useless emotions
And treat selfish feelings
Like tears in the ocean
Unnoticed
Focused on exposing of bogus fears
Simple to overcome
If we all could act as one
Until the Son appears
I am not
Not trying to be egregious
Now read that slower
In order to concede it
Facetious
Anger makes me believe this
On any given day
In a moment of weakness
You could be this
And I become the pawn
So all that I have left
Is to leave
Remnant of myself
For all to retrieve
When I am finally gone
I hope to throw you off
With a clause that stops your breath
Applauds improper English
And/or loss of etiquette
Avoiding grammar’s reprimand
Lest the obvious go unpunished
So there, now that we understand
We have something we can run with
No overbearing pundit
Or shunning of judgement
Conflicting ingredients
All part of the recipe
Profound has found no rest in me
For idiom or perspective
Conceit being wisdom’s
Devout contraceptive
Unproven truths make everyone liars
Collectively introspective
Right and wrong will not retire
Respectably deceptive
Perfectly defective
Danger in safety undeniable
The soft cannot inflict
What the hardened make pliable
Pardon the reliable
Comfort induces pain
Pain sustains desire
Greed squeezes poverty to acquire
Ulterior motives
Remotely detected
There is no generosity
Where reciprocity is expected
Even if for the weak reward
Of feeling that someone is gracious
Anonymity
Is where real strength lives
Contrary to popular bad behavior
Compassion for the callous
Malice for the jailor
Who then, left us unprotected?
Trust feeds corruption’s hellion
But to what extent
Is rebellion welcome
Or playfully expected
You simply cannot
Accept or reject this
Infectious irritability
Inherent of civility’s fallacy
Apparent to contain
Our individuality
And splinter of character
That runs against the grain
With slivers of mischief
Mostly from the bored
Or the need to be explored
Promoted and scorned
Discipline delivered
From Cupid’s quiver
Is pain of love’s reward
While the rascal’s tempting fate is
To be hated and adored
A menace to sobriety
That keeps the fire inside of me
Alive and fighting warm
In protective preparation
For safe keeping of my core
For viral as hell
Is this fight of your life
From the very first cell
Or stem of the tree
From whence the fruit fell
Victim of duality
Polished apple gleaming
March, skip or galloping
My mind is not the meaning
But content to be a source
An inventive force for feeding
Of some power to the horse
On course and competing
Writer to the rider
Linguistic equestrian
Intrinsically inspired
Creatively pedestrian
For ease to be invested in
Though often unfiltered
Or falling off kilter
Still betting on the best to win
With odds to be considered
For hedging on the spread
With the weakest of the litter
As often it depends upon
Which will be the quitter
Hemmingway, Hughes,
Edgar Alan Poe
The man behind
The man we know
Would never be so famous
Can anyone explain
Why we cling to what our name is
And why there are so many
Taking pride in being shameless
With voracious distaste for accolade
Critiquing ass for anus
With cranial impaction
So reacts the ignoramus
Insanus!
No wait, that’s not a word
So, was that a stroke of genius
Or absurd?
If up to me
I’m sure it would be
So feel free to rate my madness
On a scale from 1 to Z
Then keep it to yourself
As no one else will find you worthy
I digress, I’ve gotten wordy
I’ll advise my mind’s descent
Before someone thinks to highly
Or determines what I’ve meant
While exorcising spirits
From this haunting discontent
Of eventually concluding
Any thought I might invent
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