this prayer, is my last
if all the trappings of the world
go to people who set traps
and imagination, romance, and the philosophy of sages
don’t change the game
and we are controlled by chemicals
and live for the next high
Who are we, really?
My internal echo chamber of happiness and pain
has little to do with this game.
Perhaps, words can make you want to win—
victorious,
in riddles
but if society, can’t solve you
and gets confused
what do you have, but your own self-created name?
So many people, just want to lose
they don’t make the choice
because they don’t have a chance.
I have to rely on magic
because,
what else is there?
A perfect plan, is a predictable path
I must transcend
beaten roads
and beaten men
and be a master of no man
respected, by every man
Unbeatable
chained
and laughed at
Even with my eyes removed
I see.
My last wish, is to choose
to find strength from somewhere
I never knew
and bring down this roof
on my enemies.
Who are they?
My own inadequacies
that root me, in reality
like poisonous plants
without them, I wouldn’t feel
what I need to feel
they torment, my soul.
Maybe we are praying to ourselves
when we try to cast a spell
with our words.
Pre-written formulas
make us manufactured chemicals.
I don’t care
if random mixing
is dangerous
or down-right foolish
I can’t be, what is already there
I want to write my own life
say my own words, and watch the world change.
To rewrite your own reality with words you speak…like Abracadabra in Hebrew, ‘I create as I speak’ Love this
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That’s so cool Rafia! I was reading existentialism by Jean Paul Sarte and the Old Testament before I wrote this. I guess, part of my reading bled into my writing. Thanks so much for your comment! And for reading! Your encouragement makes me feel so good!
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Sounds like you are heading in the direction of Fractal Enlightenment.🙂
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Possibly! 🙂 Thanks for reading Carolyn Crossley! I like the sound of that!
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This is good, you are good!!!
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Thanks Safe Haven!!! Your compliment gives me fuel! You made my day! 🙂
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Brilliant. I really enjoyed this one- very relatable.
“I must transcend
beaten roads
and beaten men
and be a master of no man
respected, by every man” – beautiful
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Thanks Jade Edge! I really appreciate the read, and your encouraging comments! Thank you so much!
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