poem

CONFUSION'S ON THE RISE

I ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE TRUTH

BUT NOW SO MANY SAY

WHOSE TRUTH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

THAT CAUSES SOME DISMAY

HOW CAN THERE BE SO MANY TRUTHS

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S LIES

SOMETIMES I THINK OH WHAT'S THE USE

CONFUSION'S ON THE RISE

BE YOURSELF

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO BE YOURSELF

OR DO YOU JUST REFLECT

WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO SEE

AND DO WHAT THEY EXPECT

ELIMINATE CORRUPTION

ELIMINATE CORRUPTION

WE'LL BE MUCH BETTER OFF

IT CAUSES SELF DESTRUCTION

OF ALTRUISTIC STUFF

WE NEED A RECONSTRUCTION

BECAUSE ENOUGH'S ENOUGH

INTO THE NOW

DO YOU FIND YOURSELF PRESENT

AND INTO THE NOW

ARE YOU LOST IN THE PAST

AND WONDERING HOW

YOU FIND YOURSELF THERE

WHILE YOU'RE HERE AND NOW

MISSING THIS MOMENT

IT HAPPENS SOMEHOW

TRY TO BE 

CONSCIOUSLY

PRESENT

HERE AND NOW

IN THIS SCHOOL OF LIFE

IN THIS SCHOOL OF LIFE

TOO MANY FAIL

TO CHOOSE WHAT IS RIGHT

 IT'S SUCH A SAD TALE

WHEN THEY DO BAD THINGS

AND CAUSE SO MUCH HARM

THE PAIN THAT IT BRINGS

SHOULD CAUSE US ALARM

THEY LACK EMPATHY

THEIR MORALS ARE GONE

IT'S SUCH A PITY

THAT THEY CARRY ON

 

 

SMILES AND LAUGHTER

INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR A FIGHT

LOOK FOR WAYS TO BRING DELIGHT

A SMILE IS A SIMPLE WAY

TO BRING SOME JOY INTO YOUR DAY

LAUGHTER IS A USEFUL TOOL

SMILES AND LAUGHTER ARE JUST COOL

 

ARE YOU SATISFIED

DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF PURPOSE

OR DO YOU FEEL WORTHLESS

DO YOU OWN WHAT YOU FEEL

DOES IT EVEN SEEM  REAL

ARE YOU LIVING OR SURVIVING

ARE YOU JUST OK OR THRIVING

ARE YOU SATISFIED OR NOT

DO YOU GIVE IT ALL YOU'VE GOT

DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR

OR IS THAT JUST A RUMOR

MAGNIFICENCE

FAME AND FORTUNE

OVERRATED

SELF IMPORTANCE

IS SO JADED

ANONYMOUS

INVISIBLE

FOR ALL OF US

A NOBLE ROLE

A DIFFERENCE

THAT MAKES MORE SENSE

MORE SPIRITUAL

AND MORE INTENSE

ETHEREAL

WITH COMMON SENSE

MATERIAL

WITH INNOCENCE

SUPERIOR

MAGNIFICENCE

 

NOBODY KNOWS EVERYTHING

BEWARE OF THE KNOW IT ALLS

THEY'RE DELUSIONAL AND FALSE

CAN'T TRUST THEM WITH ANYTHING

NOBODY KNOWS EVERYTHING

WHEN THEY ACT AS IF THEY DO

IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHAT'S TRUE

BEST STICK WITH THOSE WHO KNOW THEY DON'T

FOR THEY SURELY MAKE SENSE THE MOST

Author's Notes/Comments: 

IT'S NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. TRY TO AVERAGE A POEM A DAY.