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John Prophet Aug 2023
Solitude.
Quiet
reflection.
Plumbing
soul,
essence
diving.
Findin­g
self
deep
inside.
Swiping
the veil
away.
Clearing
vision
of creation.
Meditating.
Understanding
nature
of self.
Free of
distractions.
Free of
outside
interference.
Coercion.
Self reflection
dynamic.
Seeing
clearly
in the
quite.
Understanding
personal
choice.
Personal
thought.
Perso­nal
shielding.
Holding
negative
energy
at bay.
Fortified.
Seeing
beyond
those
who wish
to control.
John Prophet Aug 2023
Introspection.
Situation
analysis.
I think
therefore…..
Why
am I
here?
Why anything
at all?
Odds
of personal
existence.
Incalculable!
What’s the
point?
Luck
of the
draw?
Lottery
won?
Job
to be
done?
Computational
capacity
provided,
limited,
finite.
Creati­on
contemplation
bounded.
Brain
sprain
reflection.
How much
can be
known?
Undaunted
pressing
on.
Justifying
reality,
existence.
U­ltimately,
to what
end?
John Prophet Aug 2023
Our
people.
Your
people.
Us verse
them.
Divided.
What
divides?
People?
People
are
people.
Ide­as,
concepts.
Culprit
at hand.
Minds
filled.
Filled
with ideas.
Narratives.
Wars
in the
mind.
Get them
while
they’re
young.
Conquering
new
terrain.
Pound
away.
Fil­ling
little minds.
Narratives
told.
Narratives
sold.
Long
campaign.
Taking
ne­w ground.
Watching
the old
wither
away.
John Prophet Aug 2023
Marching
zombies
on parade.
Spinning
minds.
Minds
full of
clay,
mush.
Propaganda.
Mass
hypnosis,
souls
beyond
repair.
Ma­sters
in control.
Following
orders.
Doing
what’s
been
sold.
History
replet­e
with such
things.
Banners
high.
Marching
to the
brink.
Cliff in
sight.
Marching
still.
Programming
strong.
Critical
thinking
n­ever on
display.
Nonexistent.
Round and
round again.
So the
story
goes.
John Prophet Aug 2023
Alone.
Choices
made.
Reflections
of what
could
have been.
Too late!
What
never
will be.
Opportunities
squandered.
Tossed
aside.
Cavalier
attitude.
Wi­nding
path to
nowhere,
solitude.
Alone.
Relationships
gone.
Families,
lost
i­n the
mist.
Abandoned.
Directions
ignored.
No going
back.
Back
to a
simpler
time.
Time
before
decisions,
before
mistakes.
Chance
fo­r different
choices,
paths
to walk.
Different
outcomes.
Too late.
Now,
just alone
in the
rain.
John Prophet Aug 2023
Terrarium
life.
Small,
compact.
Full
of life.
Scurrying.
Place to
place.
Terrarium
drama.
Self
contained.
Big fish
little
pond.
Self
Importance.
Perspective
lacking.
Battles
f­ought.
King
of the
hill.
Button
pushing.
Power
brokers.
Pulling
levers.
Three
pi­ece
suits.
Mayhem
reigns.
High
and
mighty.
Little
beasts.
Perspec­tive
nonexistent.
Terrarium
enclosed.
John Prophet Aug 2023
Frightful.
Reality
is a
frightful
place.
Eyes open,
world
surrounds.
Instantly.
Limited
view,
all things
new.
Making
sense,
understand.
Why?
Who?
When?
Many
questions,
precious
few answers.
Grappling,
searching.
Answers.
Asking those
who came
before.
Surely
answers
to be
had.
Ancient
wisdom.
They’d
know.
Old
thinking.
Clueless.
Little
known.
Voodoo,
black magic.
Superstition.
Gods and
demons.
Broken
narratives,
promises.
Power,
control.
Not answers
found.
From then
till now.
Just
questions.
Nothing
more.
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