Life
Why the Ganges Weeps?
Share my charity.
I have become poor after rejecting
the shining star of the galaxy.
You cannot dissect
the sorrow of earth. The world
is very sick and sad.
How will you bridge
the burning river? The space
was less to place the bodies in lines.
A Soft Poem
I will go away from me
to find your brutal intimacy. The
blood between us stopped to mix.
Not endangered to walk
with me in climbing a volcano. The
pain spectrum starts burning.
A slap of love will touch
you when the sun sets and the moon falls
in your rotating shut eyes.
The Anatomy of Indifference.
Silence swallows screams, unheard, unseen,
Isolation's icy fingers intervene.
Worthless, weightless—a whisper in the wind,
Concern and care consistently rescind.
Learned helplessness lingers, a phantom limb,
Diffusion of responsibility—humanity’s whim.
Each turns away, eyes averted, hands clean,
"Someone else will help," the collective keen.
Trust shattered like shards of brittle glass,
Faith in humanity—a fading, futile farce.
Social supports crumble, connections corrode,
Leaving loneliness to lighten the load.
Voices echo in vacant vestibules,
Pleas for help—perceived as ridicules.
Invisible, invalidated, incessantly ignored,
Self-worth withers, relentlessly deplored.
Hope's horizon blurs, hazy and distant,
As apathy's armor grows more resistant.
In this wasteland of indifference, we wander,
Unseen, unheard—left alone to ponder.
The weight of the world, once shared, now solely borne,
In a society seemingly sworn
To turn blind eyes and deaf ears to pain,
Leaving the vulnerable out in the rain.
Yet still we stand, silent sentinels,
Amidst the chaos of life's cruel carousels.
Unheard, unloved, but unbroken still,
Surviving spite of society's ill will.
Interrupted Rations
Dances through time
Ancient rites, once revered, now reel
In playgrounds where children peal
With laughter, unaware of the seal
That time has placed on what was real.
Solemn steps of shamans past
Morph into games that last and last,
As cultural currents, swift and vast,
Erode the essence, unsurpassed.
Tribal truths, once held so dear,
Trickle down through time's frontier.
Sacred symbols disappear,
Leaving echoes faint but clear.
Profound becomes profane, we find,
As generations leave behind
The weight of wisdom, once enshrined,
Now light as air and unconfined.
From archaic altars to schoolyard scenes,
The dance of time intervenes,
Transforming what tradition means—
A metamorphosis of memes.
So sacred turns to silly play,
As yesterday fades into today.
Yet in this change, we might survey
The threads that bind us, come what may
Nothing to do with you
Therapy
You need more therapy
Remedy
Search for your remedy
Bury me
Come on and bury me
Memories
Block out those memories
Killing sprees
Your verbal killing sprees
Death of me
They'll be the death of me
And all the hate you keep inside
Just grows and spreads throughout the night
Just one slip of the tongue
You start coming undone
Lash out at everyone
And then black out the sun
And you wonder why I have nothing to do with you
Purity
Forfeit your purity
Vanity
Cling to your vanity
Sanity
Define your sanity
But all the blame you cast aside
It slowly devours your mind
Just one slip of the tongue
You start coming undone
Lash out at everyone
And then black out the sun
And you wonder why I have nothing to do with you
Therapy
You need more therapy
Remedy
Search for your remedy
Bury me
Just fucking bury me
Just one slip of the tongue
You start coming undone
Lash out at everyone
And then black out the sun
And you wonder why I have nothing,
Yeah nothing,
It's no wonder why I have nothing to do with you
The One
When are you going to grow up?
You still smile when you drag me down
When will you figure this all out?
That I am nothing like you now
I'm done with the drama
Done with the chaos
Done with believing things will get better
I'm done being blamed for
All of your problems
Done trying to keep the family together
And when all is said and done
I won't be the one
That comes crawling back to you
Because I'm nothing like you
When are you going to shut up?
You still gripe and bitch at us all
When are you going to figure this out?
I am nothing like you at all
Cause I'm done with the drama
Done with this madness
Done with pretending you will be better
I'm done feeling shamed for
All of your sadness
Done holding onto you like we're tethered
And when all is said and done
I won't be the one
That comes crawling back to you
Because I'm nothing like you
I am not like you!
I'm done being blamed for
All of your problems
I'm done believing that things will get better
And when all is said and done
I won't be the one
And when all is said and done
I am not the one
That came crawling back to you
Because I'm nothing like you
I am not the one
I am not the one
I am not the one
When are you going to grow up?
Looking Back
My times getting shorter, even I can see that!
And I've done things, That I can't take back!
Though I have tried, to live a good life...
My biggest failure, was finding a loving wife.
Though I did try, three times I failed...
Now I'm alone, and it's worse then being in jail.
No one to share time with, as it passes by...
No one to talk to, to even say goodbye!
The last love I had, threw me away...
Her drug was more important, so she didn't stay...
Now facing the end, I have some regret...
The Love I once had, I'll never forget!!!
All I can do, is look back at my past...
And remember the times; that were fun and a blast!
©Paul A Posney 05/26/2024
If You Only Knew
The tears are real, the smile is fake
This pain I feel is no mistake
Embrace the fear, erase the grey
I'll disappear, lost in the fray
You think I don't bleed
You think I don't see
If you only knew how wrong you could be
You don't think I need
A chance to be free
If you only knew how wrong you could be
The scars reveal the things I hate
The past conceals a life decayed
Embrace the fear, erase the grey
I'll disappear, lost in the fray
You think I don't bleed
You think I don't see
If you only knew how wrong you could be
You don't think I need
A chance to be free
If you only knew how wrong you could be
How could you assume that I'd turn out to be like you?
You think I don't bleed
You think I don't see
If you only knew how wrong you could be
You don't think I need
A chance to be free
If you only knew how wrong you could be
If you only knew
If you only knew
If you only knew how wrong you could be