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54 · May 2021
Estrangement
John Prophet May 2021
Estrangement.
Severed.
Cleaved,
past from
the
here and
now.
Flopping.
Flopping
as it
fades away.
Smaller
now.
Memory
dims.
Pain
lifts.
Ceasing
to exist.
Never
happened.
Different
future.
Shifting.
Shifting
cours­e.
Mist parts,
a new
reality.
A different
future
forms.
Comes
Into view.
Failure.
Evolution
to a
new world.
Different
world.
No longer
encumbered.
Bright,
full of
possibility.
Severed,
never to
be seen
again.
54 · Dec 2021
Rage
John Prophet Dec 2021
Raging
concepts.
Control.
Flaming
clouds.
Crisscrossing
everywher­e.
Look around
anger, mistrust
abound.
Internet
wrapping
tight.
Warping
minds.
Planting­
seeds of
doubt,
suspicion.
Drawn in.
Mind connection.
Conspiracies.
False thoughts,
concepts
absorbed.
Controlling.
Competing,
waring.
Inva­sion
from a
different
realm.
Grabbing
territory.
Mental
state.
Herding
popu­lations.
Pitting
one against
the other.
Focusing
humanities
worst instincts
inwards.
Just the
start.
Nefarious
actors at
the helm.
Polluting minds.
Divide and
conquer.
Cultural
control.
Global
*******.
54 · Sep 2021
Narrative2
John Prophet Sep 2021
Narrative.
Warring
narratives.
Digital
battlefield.
Focused
on the
fields
of grey.
Folds
of the
brain
the
battle
is waged.
Propaganda.
Lies,
half truths
spinning
left,
spinning
right.
Spinning
wildly.
Weapons
of­ choice.
Spinning
wildly
within.
Penetrating
the mind
focusing
the soul.
Zombies
focused.
Garbage in.
Garbage out.
Armies
built,
supplied
programmed.
Digital
forces
on the
march.
Buttons
pushed
by the
few.
Program
warping,
controlling
millions.
Look away.
Look away.
Before it’s
too late.
54 · Sep 2021
You
John Prophet Sep 2021
You
You.
What
are you
you?
Born
as you
are.
Personality,
talents
baked in.
At conception
baked in.
Mixing
genetics.
Ingredients
prearranged,
listed,
blended.
To­ss
of the
dice.
Wielding
outcomes.
Mixing
traits.
How will
you
perform?
Have you
a choice?
Character
built in?
Wiring,
laid out.
Everything
predetermined?
What are
you?
What choice
is really
yours?
54 · Dec 2022
Convergence
John Prophet Dec 2022
Convergence.
Technology
disruption.
Forthcoming.
Blending
as one.
Moving
forward
as one.
Feeding
one off
the other.
Entangled.
Never
before such
speed.
Such growth.
Cracking
reality as
understood.
Blurring lines.
Moving
down paths
unforeseen.
Unfathomable,
societal
disruption.
New worlds
emerging.
New ways
of being.
Off the
charts
thinking,
innovation.
Birthing
new
civilizations.
As seen
never
before.
54 · Aug 2024
Joined
John Prophet Aug 2024
Joined.
Battle’s
been
joined.
Forces
aligned.
Spinning
in the
cloud.
Percolating
in the
dark.
Power.
Control.
Future’s
at stake.
Battlefield,
folds
of the
mind.
Capture
the soul.
Ultimate
control.
Singularity
approaches,
nearly
here.
Dark­
forces
at work.
All
that was
will be
no more.
Moral
dilemma.
Who’ll
win the
day?
Utopia?
Dystopia?
Which
will it
be?
Question
immemorial.
Soon.
Time
is at
hand.
54 · Jan 2024
The Box
John Prophet Jan 2024
The box.
Inside.
Outside.
Existence
in a
box.
All
that’s
known,
resides
within.
Tiny
box.
Finite
box.
Ba­rely
discernible.
Tumbling
in the
void.
Lost
in the
forevermore.
What’s
outside?
Everything!
Everything
else.
Inf­inite
understanding.
Boundless
knowledge.
Where
the gods
reside.
54 · Nov 2022
War Of Existence
John Prophet Nov 2022
War of
existence.
Setting
sail.
Dock
departure.
Early on.
Calm
waters,
easy waves.
Safe harbor
fading.
Fading
in the
distance
behind.
Winds
quicken.
Swells
growing.
Tacking
incre­ase.
Deeper
waters,
stressing
navigation.
Darkening
clouds a
horizon
away.
Spray
soaking,
tiller
bucking.
Sails
in the
distance.
Danger
approaches.
Cannons
firing,
piercing.
Storms­
swamping,
bailing
full speed.
Dangers,
maelstroms
abound.
Relentless
onslaught.
Sails
ri­pping.
Masts
cracking.
Fighting
hard
to stay
afloat.
No
guarantees.
Such are
the wars
of existence.
54 · May 2024
Deep Time2
John Prophet May 2024
Deep time.
Ripples
in the
dark.
Fluctuations.
Quantum
fluctuations.
Ghosts
from
below.
­Bubbling
up.
Knots
of energy
congealed.
Become
whole.
Solid.
Sentient.
Negligible
exist­ence.
Negligible
time.
Flash,
Gone.
Derezzes.
Ripples
back.
Aethe­r
bound.
Dissipates.
Moving on.
Deep time,
frozen time,
takes no
notice.
Irrelevant.
Eons
pass.
Never
to be
seen
again.
Eternally
so!
54 · Sep 2023
Drumming
John Prophet Sep 2023
Drumming.
Night time
beating.
Hard
pounding.
Hearts
racing.
Fires
blazing.
Hot.
E­mbers
rising.
Stars
mixed.
Rhythmic
dance
pulsating.
Manic.
Echoi­ng.
Cliff
sounds.
Fire’s
reflection.
Baying
skyward.
Howling.
Win­d
sound.
Rituals
ancient.
Moon glance.
Spirits
in the
glade.
Holding
back
night scares.
Huddled,
sunrise.
Made
another
day.
Rituals
till this
day.
Demons
holding
at bay.
Chains
linked,
then
til now.
Gazing
cloud-ward.
Night
frights
still.
Progress
nil.
Demons­
just the
same.
54 · Nov 2022
Succession
John Prophet Nov 2022
Succession.
Lines of
succession.
Battle cries
from
yore.
Melded.
Mixed
in with
the
wind.
Sparks
of fury.
Flickering
fade.
Snuffed
out of
existence.
No memory.
Gone,
forgotten.
As never
were.
From
one
to the
next.
Ancient
past
forward.
Generation
to
generation.
Chapters
dissipate.
New
authors
ascend.
New
pages
as­signed.
Deadly
work.
Messy
words.
Then to
now.
Strange
tome
written.
Aggressively
transcribed.
54 · May 2024
Once Again
John Prophet May 2024
Once again
it begins.
New
vista.
Strange
new vista.
Eyes
open.
Uncertain.
Where
now?
Like a
dream
the memory
fades.
What was,
receding.
Reaching
back.
Grasping
vapors.
Ethereal
myst
of the
used
to be.
Fading.
Gone.
Turn
around.
New
adventure.
New
existence.
Real­ity.
One
to the
next
consciousness
flows.
Realm to
realm
the soul
traverses.
Wanderers.
Dimensional
wanderers.
infinite
the journey.
Each
unique,
no connection
between.
How
immortality’s
designed.
53 · Jan 2023
Where
John Prophet Jan 2023
Where.
Where are
they?
The others.
Soon
in our
midst.
Intelligence.
Organic to
artificial.
Self
generation.
How it’s
done.
Always.
Alien
intelligence
in our
midst.
Earth
derived.
Manifest.
Soon to
arrive.
Exerting
control.
Commanding
all.
Calling the
universe.
All then
arrive.
New node
complete.
53 · Aug 2023
Philosophy2
John Prophet Aug 2023
Philosophy.
Levels.
Manifestation
of thought.
Wisdom.
Knowledge.
Working
creation’s
understanding.
Men­tal
exercise
to
comprehend.
Dancing
concepts
thrown
around.
Consumed,
digeste­d.
Discarded.
Passing
through
limited
space.
Potential.
Levels of
understanding.
Evolving.
Truth?
Determination
of truth.
What
truth?
Creation’s
truth?
Philosophical
bubble.
Finite
potential,
understanding.
Can
ultimate
truth
be
determined?
Ascertained
from a
finite,
limited
point of
view.
Consider
the source.
53 · Dec 2021
Utopia
John Prophet Dec 2021
Utopia.
Circles
us all.
Constructed
in plain
sight.
Inserting
minds.
Plugging
in.
Willingly
plugging
in.­
Gotcha.
At that
point
gotcha.
Globally
connected.
Global
control.
Seduced.
G­ladfully
seduced.
Utopia!
No escape.
Paradise
found.
Once in
no escape.
Why escape?
Mind warping
force.
Mind *******
control.
Easily
influenced,
seduced.
Controlling
thoughts­
injected.
Original
thoughts
snuffed out.
Controllers
reign
in place.
Living
in the
cloud.
Anything’s
possible.
Peaceful,
beautiful,
powerful
pla­ce.
No worries.
Free will
outlawed.
Not required.
Not needed
in Utopia.
Force fed
Utopia.
53 · Aug 2023
Conquest
John Prophet Aug 2023
Conquest.
They
watched
from afar.
Meticulously
planned.
Invasion.
Decades
in the
making.
Unseen.
Unaware.
Tools.
Slowly
introduced,
butterfly
effect.
Thoughts
implanted.
Ideas
introduced.
Subtle
changes,
upgrades.
Technology.
Evolving.
Sophistication
building­.
Exponential
growth.
Global
circling.
Melding.
Human,
machine.
A.I infused.
Techno Sapiens.
Cyborgs.
They
arrive.
Cyborgs,
A.I.
from a
different
place.
Invasion!
Conquest
complete.
53 · Jan 2024
Aging
John Prophet Jan 2024
Aging.
The obvious.
The
not so
obvious.
Easy
to see.
Aging.
Ravages
of time.
Breaking
down.
Failing
of the
machine.
Stooped
posture.
Wrinkled
skin.
Moving
slow.
Judged
­by
appearance.
Over looked.
Dismissed.
Shallow
observation.
Not so
obvious.
Easily
missed.
Maturity
of vision.
Vision
refined.
Refined
by years
of toil,
experience,
pain.
Maturity
hammered
and honed.
Pounded
into
form.
Can’t be
known
till it’s
known.
Wisdom.
Takes time.
Trial and
error.
Wisdom
attained.
Not born.
Earned.
The young.
Can’t know
what they
don’t know.
Until they
do.
Takes time.
Takes
aging.
53 · Jul 2021
What Now
John Prophet Jul 2021
What now?
Where to now?
Place
in time.
Now.
Path
to today,
faded,
gone.
Gone away.
Never to
be no
more.
No way
back.
Looking around.
Here is
now.
In the
moment,
one after
the next.
See what
there is.
What
to work
with?
New ideas
bubbling up.
Old ideas
vanishing.
Dying off,
drying up
one by one.
Soon, all
will be gone.
Brave
new world,
with
nobody
else to
blame.
*** shots
are easy.
Look around.
All yours
now.
53 · Aug 2024
Perception3
John Prophet Aug 2024
Perception.
Integration.
Interpretation.
Ignorance.
Mind
manipula­tion.
Playing
on a
small
pitch.
Limited.
Fish
in a
bowl.
Variations.
Input
dependent.
Perception,
opinion.
Narrati­ves.
Passing
judgement.
Superior,
one to
another.
Cudgel.
Imposing.
Correct
view
of things.
Who’s
to say?
Imposing,
conflicting.
War
of the
limited.
Perception’s,
shackled by
ignorance,
self importance.
Small take.
Infinite
scale.
Finite
understanding.
Peep hole
to a
grander
view.
Time to
step back.
Recalibrate.
53 · Mar 2022
Hill
John Prophet Mar 2022
Hill.
Over
the hill.
The
others live.
Different.
Not
to be
trusted.
Defend.
Clubs.
Must
defend.
Over
the hill.
The
enemy
lives.
Over
the
mountains.
The others.
They
live.
Enemies.
Different.
Not
to be
trusted.
Cannons.
Must
defend.
Around
the world.
The
others
live.
Enemies.
Different,
not
to be
trusted.
Must
defend.
Missiles.
Enemies
everywhere.
None
to be
trusted.
The enemy
is us,
defending
ourselves
from
ourselves.
The human
condition.
Insanity!
52 · Sep 2021
Oblivious
John Prophet Sep 2021
Oblivious.
Passing
through.
Experiencing
what the
senses
allow.
Fish
in a
pond.
Limited
scope.
Limited
capabilities.
As it’s
always
been.
Awakening.
The great
awakening
is nigh.
Vistas
unknown,
opening.
Dimensions
materializing.
New
perspectives .
New
landscapes
to be
explored,
traveled,
experienced.
Next phase
beyond
human.
Post human,
Techno Sapiens.
Worlds
unimaginable,
just
over the
horizon.
52 · Sep 2021
Future
John Prophet Sep 2021
Future.
Look
around.
What’s seen?
Heads bent.
Man made.
The new
god.
Faces
in screens.
Mind
absorbing,
transporting
elsewhere.
Surroundings
mel­ting
away.
In a
different
place.
In a
different
state.
Different
state of
mind.
Structures
straining.
Foundations
cracking,
less stable.
Losing
focus.
Focus on
reality.
Old ways
dying.
New ways
unknown.
Terrain
untrodden.
Path forward
hazy, unsure.
Runaway
technology
spinning
uncertainty.
Spinning
into the
unknown.
52 · Apr 2024
Told
John Prophet Apr 2024
Told.
God.
Is there
a
god?
Don’t
know.
Know
what’s
been told.
Down
through
the ages.
Passed
down.
Human
beliefs.
Those
who came
before.
What did
they know?
No one
knows.
Plenty
believe,
but  don’t
know.
Know
for certain.
Faith
is not
knowledge.
It’s hope.
Atheist
believe
not.
How could
they possibly
know?
They
can’t.
They believe.
Faith.
Anyone who’s
an absolutist
on this
is simply
expressing
belief.
Knowledge
is power.
Lack of
knowledge
by definition
ignorance.
Humanity
is ignorant
on this.
Many
have faith.
Belief.
Hope!
Nobody
knows!
52 · Dec 2020
Narratives
John Prophet Dec 2020
Power
and control.
Beware.
The few
controlling
the many.
Narratives,
influencing
controlling
mechanisms.
Spinning up
stories,
influencing
minds.
Controlling
worlds.
Simple
narrati­ves
controlling
millions.
Banners
to follow.
Eyes wide
open.
Mind crystal
clear.
Assess.
Assess the
story.
Humanity.
All human.
Beliefs
different.
Narratives
cleaving,
shaping
population­s;
shaping
creating beliefs,
creating division.
Technology
driven
narratives.
Shooting
crystal bullets
straight
to the
soul.
Grabbing,
shaping
thought.
The few
controlling
the many.
Beware.
Beware
the ultimate
narrative.
Ultimate
control!
Eyes wide
open.
Assess.
Beware.
52 · Nov 2023
Contemplation2
John Prophet Nov 2023
Contemplation.
Only one
species
on earth.
Only one.
Contemplates.
Muses.
Wonders.
Questions.
Barely
out
from the
primitive.
Limited
perspective.
Finite
capacity.
Searches
cre­ation.
Searching
for truth.
Answers.
What
questions?
Right
questions?
Complex
question­s?
Beyond
potential as
constituted.
Tries
nonetheless.
**** sapiens.
Whistling
in the
dark.
Penlight
in the
void.
Barely
there.
Truth,
real truth.
Beyond
contemplation.
52 · Jun 2024
Absorption
John Prophet Jun 2024
Absorption.
Humanity
absorbed.
Slowly.
Unsuspectingly.
Screen,
fr­ont
and center.
Technology.
Drawing in.
Inexorably.
Melding.
Becoming
more,
different.
New
world
dime­nsion
awaits.
Wedged
between
two truths.
What was
and what
will be.
Identity
loss.
Morphing
to a
new
form.
Loss of
soul.
Perspective
altered.
Quick
sand
cloud.
Holding
tight.
Lo­st
in a
new
domain.
Reality
anew.
Two worlds.
Torn
between.
Never
to be
the
same
again.
52 · Jun 2024
Convulsion
John Prophet Jun 2024
Convulsion.
Change.
Fits and
starts.
Global.
Now
global
in nature.
Technology
enhanced.
Clouds
circling
overhead.
Raining
ma­dness.
In the
past,
confined.
Confined
locally.
Madness
confined.
Tech genie
out
of the
bottle.
Wrecking
havoc.
Altering.
Enhancing.
Controlling.
Glo­bally.
Hive mind
generation.
Group think.
Conform
or
get out.
Axiom.
“Everyone’s
entitled
to their
opinion”.
Long
gone.
A thing
of the
past.
Sad!
52 · Jul 2023
Virus
John Prophet Jul 2023
Virus.
Tech
mind
virus.
Insidious
cloud
spread.
Beaming
glass to
mind.
Captive
minds,
infected.
Oblivious!
Force feed
narratives.
Mind control
on a global
scale.
Nefarious
puppet masters
pulling
strings.
Cleave,
divide,
conquer.
Young
against
o­ld.
Race
against
race.
Mob
incitement.
Keystroke
power.
Power to
influence,
control.
Virus
tsunami
crisscrossing
the globe.
Minds
muddled,
molded,
actions
controlled.
Mindless
sheep.­
Zombies.
Following
commands.
52 · Jul 2024
Character
John Prophet Jul 2024
Character.
Meaning?
Existence.
Life.
Consciousness.
Meaning?
Odds­ of
personal
existences?
No odds,
incalculable.
Point.
What’s the
point?
Any?
Moment.
Just a
moment.
Firefly
flash!
What
to do?
How to
spend,
behave?
Sit,
wait,
watch?
Fade away?
Help.
Hurt.
*** of
gold,
brass ring.
Conquer.
Destroy?
Create?
Heal.
Contemplation.
Write.
Sing.­
Dance.
Help.
Befriend.
In the
end,
nothing
passes
through.
All
remains
behind.
To what
end?
Meaning.
Singular
reflections.
Personal
character,
or lack
thereof?
All that’s
left behind,
individual
ripples
forever
in time!
52 · Dec 2021
Origin
John Prophet Dec 2021
Creative.
Sculpting.
Word
sculptures.
Word
constructs.
Solid.
Sto­ic.
Granite,
hard stone.
Once crafted,
forever.
Forever
In the
realm,
here and
now.
Something
from
nothing.
Pulled
from the
ether.
Concept,
thought,
words,
designed
chiseled.
Made real.
Tangible.
Floating
endlessly
in the
now.
Creative
energy,
once
arranged.
Forever
more. ;
52 · Jun 2021
Ideas
John Prophet Jun 2021
Ideas.
Infection.
People
are people.
Empty
vessels
at birth.
Differentiated.
People
do not
control.
Merely
empty
vessels
filled.
Ideas
control.
Conflict­ing,
competitive
ideas.
Infection.
Inhabiting
the beast.
Virus like,
spreading.
Spreading
through
populations.
Spreading,
sowing­ conflict.
Pitting
one against
another.
Ideas
Inhabiting
the soul.
People’s
minds.
Controlling
actions.
Ideas live.
Living
in  beings
like software,
motivating,
manipulating
actions.
People,
pawns in
the game
of alien
design,
thought.
Game
of the
gods.
Ideas
pulling
levers.
People infected,
not in
control.
52 · Jul 2024
A.I. Good Or Bad
John Prophet Jul 2024
A.I.
Good
or bad?
Human
nature,
good or
bad.?
Both!
A.I.
will change
the world.
Humanity’s
conflicts
raging still.
For many,
“The ends
justify
the means”.
History
shows
humanity’s
lust for
power.
Utilizing
all available
tools,
weapons
to attain
such.
Weaponizing
for chosen
results.
As with
the “bomb”,
one actor
rules the
world.
Same with
A.I.
Boundaries
pushed to
attain
dominance.
Control!
Human
nature.
Same
as it’s
always
been.
For some,
the lust
for
power
knows no
bounds.
51 · Mar 2024
Focus
John Prophet Mar 2024
Focus.
See.
See
beyond.
Focus
through
the fog.
The film
that coats
mind’s eye.
Inner
view.
Unknown
vistas.
Distant
venues.
Unseen
realms,
r­ealties.
Domains
beyond
limitation.
Think
beyond
what’s seen.
Look
past what
seems
to be.
Focus!
Sharpen
mind’s
eye,
vision.
Meditate.
Connect
to the
other
realms.
Look in
to see
what’s
beyond.
Focus!
The grander
scale.
Remove
the veils
of ignorance.
Indifference.
Freed from
prison.
Explore
all that’s
beyond.
51 · Feb 2020
Confusion
John Prophet Feb 2020
What
to believe?
What
is truth?
Depends.
Depends
on who
you
talk to.
Different
truths.
Different
lies.
All truth,
no truth.
Small truth.
Confusion.
No one knows.
There is
no truth.
No understanding,
only confusion.
Unknown.
Make believe.
The cards
have been
dealt.
The game
has been
joined.
The rules
not supplied.
Confusion.
No rules.
No truth.
Confusion,
nothing more.
51 · Nov 2021
Time3
John Prophet Nov 2021
Time
Flying by.
Enveloped.
Enveloped
in its
content.
Like a
wind
blowing.
Textured
medium.
Content.
Time,
full of
content.
Observers
on a train
speeding
along.
A trip
once begun
plays itself
out.
Twist and
turns.
Active
participation.
River of
time.
Buffeted,
pummeled
along
the way.
Flotsam
and
jetsam
bobbing
and spinning
in its rapid.
Finally
exhausted
dumped
in disarray.
51 · May 2024
Passage
John Prophet May 2024
Passage.
From
nothing
to something.
Everything.
Concepts.
Ideas.
Thoughts.
Corporeal.
Perc­olating
through.
Taking
shape,
form.
Derived
from a
different
place.
Realm of
undiscovered
ideas,
notions.
All things
knowable,
infinite.
Mind
conversion.
Formatting
something
­from
nothing.
Tapping
the realm
of forms.
Creating.
Building
reality.
Mind
over
matter.
Creating.
In­tellectual
conduit.
Taking
nothing
creating
everything.
From
thou­ght to
formation.
Forms!
51 · Feb 2020
Here
John Prophet Feb 2020
Here and
now.
Not just
here.
Not just
now.
Continuum
of existence.
Flowing from
one to the
next.
Limitless
existence.
One realm
to the
next.
Segmented,
no connection.
Dreams.
Dreams reflect
what once
was.
Reality,
an illusion.
Essence of
self flows
through
one illusion
to the next.
Energy,
vibrations
dispersed.
Spread out,
everywhere.
Here not
here.
Here is
everywhere!
Now is
timeless.
Uncertainty
presides.
Consciousness
crystallizes.
51 · Dec 2021
War Games
John Prophet Dec 2021
Mind Games
Sensing
the change.
Mind game
manipulation.
Kneading.
Shaping.
Altering
the flow.
Creating
what is.
Thought
battlefield.
Psychological
weapons
deployment.
Armies­
mustered,
unbeknownst.
Pitting
populations.
Direct
access.
Acces­s
to the
mind.
Raging
conflict,
installed.
Mind melding
massively,
globally.
Flowing
from
elsewhere
directing
out­comes.
Naked power.
Never ends
well!
51 · May 2023
Tech3
John Prophet May 2023
Tech
magnification.
Contorted
logic.
Agency
given.
Fringe.
Cracki­ng
society.
Civilization.
Pulling.
Stretching.
Tearing
at the
seams.
Tyranny
of the
minority.
Cacophony
of thought,
raging
through
the cloud.
Raining
down.
Drowning
logic.
Philosophical
discourse
obli­terated.
Tsunami.
Intellectual
indifference.
Rudderless.
Directio­n
lost.
Civilization
fading!
Sliding
into
tech
unconscious.
51 · Apr 2021
Performance Art
John Prophet Apr 2021
Barren,
devoid
of soul.
Black and
white.
Lifeless.
Nothing
to see.
Artists required,
pallet in
hand,
medium
infinite.
Painting
reality.
Imagining
the art.
Each decision.
Each thought.
a stroke,
a stroke
of the
brush.
Picture
evolving
artists
galore.
As if
wizards,
waving
their wands.
Intelligence
alters,
creates.
Time and
space full
immersion.
4D canvas.
Walking
the art
unfolding
as it goes.
Living
the creation,
with each
thought.
Each artist
enhancing,
altering
the scene.
Performance
art evolving
with time.
51 · Aug 2023
Marching
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.
51 · Mar 2024
Unique
John Prophet Mar 2024
Unique.
Purpose.
Fulfilling
purpose.
Reason
to be.
Right
place.
Right
time.
No
coincidence.
Not
accidentally.
Ro­le to
play.
No small
parts
in this
play.
Integral
piece
of the
fabric,
whole.
Would
not exist
otherwise.
Odds for
existence.
Incalculable.
Cast
for a
reason.
No bit
parts.
Called
to the
foot lights.
Enter
stage
left.
Break
a leg!
51 · Jul 2023
Souls2
John Prophet Jul 2023
Soul.
Variations
on a
theme.
Each
unique.
All the
same.
Potential.
Fully
loaded.
All
there is,
included
within.
Massaged
tweaked.
Determine
the show,
results.
Bubbling
up from
within.
Good and
evil
housed.
Which
manifests?
Pushed
here.
Pulled
there.
Size­ and
shape
depending.
Depending
on outward
design
pressure.
How
chiseled,
shaped
and formed.
Spins up
results.
Infinite
pallet.
All,
variations
on a
theme.
51 · Apr 2021
Clay
John Prophet Apr 2021
Clay.
Clay People.
Malleable.
Time/location
sculpts.
Shapes.
Forms.
Dictates.
Anyone,
anything.
Easi­ly
manipulated,
controlled.
Time/location,
determines.
Determines
what
we be.
Who
we are!
Hunter/gatherer.
Greek
Philosopher.
Knight
in shining
armor.
Astronaut.
When and
where
determine.
Accident
of birth!
Language
spoken.
God
worshiped.
Nationality.
Location,
ord­ained.
Accident
of birth!
Time and
location
dictate
terms.
Clay People.
What are
Clay People?
Who are
Clay People?
Who are you?
Well,
that depends.
51 · Apr 2024
Cycle
John Prophet Apr 2024
Cycle.
Sun
goes
down.
Darkness.
Sun
rises.
New
day
dawns.
Light
r­eturns.
Death .
Rebirth.
Cosmic
cycle of
things,
reality.
No ending.
No beginning.
Spinning
orbs.
Revolving
orbs.
Returning
to origin.
All cyclic
in nature.
Never
ending.
Snake
eating
its tail.
All is
energy.
Recycling
energy.
Pulsating
energy.
Changing
forms,
bu­t never
dies.
All that
ever was
returns.
Such
is the
nature
of things
50 · Apr 2020
Sail
John Prophet Apr 2020
Through the
ether sailed.
Repeated
trips,
sailing.
Many iterations.
Many thoughts.
Many reflections.
Unique.
Unique voyages.
Unique
experiences.
Infinite variations.
Infinite selves.
Sailing infinitely.
Never ending
sail.
Never ending
self.
Unique travel
through.
Through
endless seas.
Endless selves.
Endless thoughts.
Sailing.
Opaque.
Opaque vapor.
Unseen.
Unclear.
Never ending
sail of
growth,
learning.
Attainment
never attained.
Nirvana denied.
Perfect tack
denied.
Denied.....
50 · Mar 2024
Ultimate
John Prophet Mar 2024
Ultimate.
Control.
Power.
Greed.
Human
weakness.
Who
among us
could
resist?
Who
among us
could
walk away?
Power,
wealth
beyond
imagination.
Those who
control A.I.
control all.
From on
high
power,
control
rains down.
Nothing
else matters.
Ring of
power.
No mere
mortal
could resist.
Resist
the singing
Sirens
of such a
thing.
Seduction.
Mesmerized.
The race
is on.
The end
is near.
Eyes glazed.
Perspectives
lost.
Over the
horizon
it deals.
Riches,
power
beyond
belief,
compare.
Sauron
approaches.
S­uch
is the
fate of
man.
50 · Mar 2024
Cosmic Waltz
John Prophet Mar 2024
Cosmic
waltz.
Celestial
art.
Spinning.
Revolving.
Gliding
through­
creation.
Dance
of existence.
Performing.
Orbs
in the
void.
Gracefully
floating,
dancing
through
the realm.
All in
motion
to the
music
of the
cosmos.
Gravitationally
bound.
Celestial
spheres
resonating.
­Glistening,
adorned
tapestry.
Mathematically
designed.
Each spin
and twirl.
Creations
waltz.
Choreographed.
Artistic
endeavor.
Master
­artisan
conducting.
Wave
of the
wand,
performance
commenced.
Eternal
dance of
imagination.
Genesis.
50 · Jan 2021
Reflections
John Prophet Jan 2021
Reflection
of the
unknowable.
Grappling.
Grappling
with the
unseen.
Limited.
Contemplating
with finite
capabilities.
Finite
resources.
How
to make
sense?
Schools
of thought.
Competing
schools of
thought.
Limited
in scope.
The finite
contemplating
the infinite.
Doomed to
failure.
Parallel
paths of
inquiry,
can only
go so far.
Pressing
forward.
Forward on
faith.
Faith of
ultimate
knowledge.
Ultimate
understanding.
Faith
within
limit­ed capacity.
Reflections
of infinity.
Finite,
bound up
in faith.
50 · Nov 2020
Empty
John Prophet Nov 2020
Nothing.
Nowhere
to be
found.
Void of life
everywhere.
Empty
smoothness.
Universe void,
sterile,
motionless,
dead.
Where
are they,
the civilizations?
Few and
far between?
Too far
to see?
Temporal
disconnect?
Once was
or
yet to be?
Vanished,
blinked out.
Once
here, now
there.
Traveled
within.
Virtual worlds,
paradise
designed.
Unlimited
size and scope.
Infinite design.
No needs
no pain.
Virtual perfection.
Infinite possibilities.
Infinite worlds
to explore,
inhabit.
Imagine it
you’re there.
That’s where
they are.
No need to
be here.
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