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I like poems, they're pretty

I like writing in verse. I like the challenge of trying to make the truth pretty sounding. I’ve been working on this poem for a little while and I’m rather pleased with the result. You should see how it started. Really, it was a messy rant made up of fragmented sentences and unanswered questions. But now it’s a rhythmic presentation of ideas. Crazy how that happens. Anyways, I’ve got lots more to say and lots of notes to work with so It’ll be a while before my adoring public (Translation: My laptop) looses me. I’ve just skipped the last couple of days because I’ve been focusing on other projects. I finished designing my roomJ I’m so thrilled, it looks pretty fly… And overall I’ve been pretty giddy keeping myself occupied, contributing to society, trying to feel relevant. Yeah… it’s been real.

 

Fatalist-Fallacious

 

Water sources dry

 

An animal falls prey

 

All that’s born must die

 

As growth turns to decay

 

Nature cycles without mercy; in perfunctory repose

 

And the program in itself, does that also decompose?  

 

That which self-sustains? Or that which self- destructs?

 

The investigation each empirical scientist conducts.  

 

Inadequate designs are purged without resolve  

 

And cruel as it may sound, how else can we evolve? 

 

Although evolution seems to be -

 

A baseless strategy employed

 

Why not leave matter unconstructed?

 

As matter cannot be destroyed 

 

I guess advancement is no option-

 

Not even to existence

 

Though Stillness may be safer

 

 Time does not regard resistance 

 

And so it’s bound to happen

 

Evolution in reverse

 

Unless of course- we win this time

 

Can humans break the curse?     

 

And here the journey peaks, as we discover the solution

 

That is- we must befriend the enemy, to adapt is evolution

 

The circumstances are, in the model that’s presented

 

Some details will ring true whereas others feel invented 

 

While, in nature we are animals and there’s much to which we’re fated

 

Upon earth’s crust lies majesty both learned and self-created 

 

Worlds exist beyond the literal  

 

Symbols in my mind and view

 

So the meaning of existence

 

 Consists of what it means to you 

 

As a beating heart is not an ocean

 

A kiss is not a storm

 

Poetry is not organic

 

Love has no solid form

  

Awe isn’t a reaction

 

Life isn’t a result

 

There’s mystery in being

 

As well as meaning and occult

  

And reason cannot satisfy

 

Every yearning we contain

 

When divinity lies secretly

 

In our body and our brain

 

We are special living animals

 

Exactly why, I can’t explain

 

But faith occurred to me when trying 

 And faith alleviates the pain
 

Comments

 

jordynt said:

How you get your poems to rhyme (or quasi-rhyme even) is beyond me. All of mine are... basically a mash-up of words that go together in a really weird way. The last poem I wrote Michelle said wasn't rhythmic, which pretty much describes my style of poetry. It's like the anti-poetry or something.

Glad your room looks awesome now... that's so cool. I haven't done any big projects lately. Writing is pretty much it.

December 20, 2007 11:39 AM