Have you ever put your attention somewhere
and forgotten all about it
like a cozy chair, in a cold room
by a roaring fire?
This is how I feel, when the world is silent
like a destroyed planet
where oceans glow
taking millions of years to change
The space in my mind, is full of demands
I entertain,
like an angry audience
that wants a good show
I smile
They smile
until something said, doesn’t please them
and they pelt me with popcorn and soda
Tomatoes are too healthy for them to throw
There are many pitfalls, for my empty mind
Needs,
get in the way of hot tea
and the bookshelf
I have already done so much,
for nothing.
At bible study, I give my opinion
and an engineer, getting his MBA, sets me right
he manages me, with his opinion, getting red in the face
I don’t say anything, watching him, get properly worked up
When I say things, differently
I am challenged, constantly
because they can’t categorize it, control it, or destroy it
it lingers, like an uncomfortable truth
I went snowshoeing with teachers, who practice being right, all the time
and I know,
there is nothing right, about me
I listen to their social swing
and dance, in time
just to be sure, I can
to be totally outside society
is not to understand it
to step away, and back in, again
is the joy of the dance
I am excluded,
until they believe my punishment is right
There is no depth, to society
only ripples, on a semi-frozen pond
If I say, what they want me to say
I get invited back in, again
“Oh—he was just confused. He knows the right way.”
“Why are you so calm?” My colleague asked me. “Aren’t you overwhelmed?”
“Yes.”
“Well, you hide it well.”
“Thanks.”
He thinks I’m superman
I go under the ice
hypnotized
in cold water
living in my mind, where it’s warm
like a planet, before being
consumed by the sun
I watch the sunrise catch fire
burning to hell
knowing
my death, is different.
When you don’t dance to other’s tunes…. You become an outsider until you do and you are invited back again.
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Or until you become the tune others dance to …
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Too true, Tanya!!! Thanks for reading! 🙂
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I love this so so much! 👏 👏 👏
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🙂
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Enthralling!
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I’m glad that you enjoyed it Harshi!!!
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Andy, you weave magic with your words. I’m bound to be captivated!
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Thanks Harshi!!! Your encouragement makes me good for another 50 poems! Like fuel, in my creative gas tank.
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Haha…..cheers to that!
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Thanks for reading Michael Mary! I’ll check-out your blog! 🙂
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