you can’t run, you can’t hide

save your clichés for another day

i take pride in my ability to defy

all the structures you define the world by

because structures are only the skeleton

how can they define

without flesh blood tendon ligament

stretching across

filling in

spaces

void

devoid of all life

cryptic

yes, the structure does uphold

but what does it control

without the power of the soul?

the structure can stand tall

don’t seem so appalled

if my skeleton won’t fall

and still my flesh will crawl

carefully over each bone

swallowing it whole

controlling from the exterior

soul guiding the interior

skeletal remains inferior

kept strong by calcium supplements

necessary for life

but meaningful?

i’m fully aware

of the power of my bones

but I can hold my own

so fucking leave me alone

don’t pity me

i’m really not entrapped in a world of post-modernity

i believe in my own truth

that we’re all insane

trying to connect on levels when we’re on different planes

trying to hijack each other’s brains

to empathize and understand pain

then find someone to blame

putting egos on overkill

running over accidents

scoring points

with ideas so sublime

leaving a taste in my mouth

sour as a lemon

whizzing down the garbage disposal

with my tongue

I hold back

Stay reserved

I don’t always express

What might be absurd

But I still think it

And thoughts are bigger than words

Occupying space

Invisibly fighting battles

Breaking shackles

But I don’t fight to win

Never to the end

Only long enough for my amusement

but hopefully causing cosmic bemusement

colliding into other crazy minds

exploding miracles as they combine

with absurdities believed to be the truth

justifying, redefining, undermining,

pulverizing, sanding down this skeleton

flesh rising up to rightfully reclaim

flowing harmoniously for eternity?

or blocking blood flow from veins

and capillaries

petrifying, fossilizing

dehydrating the body of

the essence of justice

 

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