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stillhuman Dec 2021
Stumble after stumble after stumble
I have stumbled
through the roots of this forest
there's no light
passing through branches
just the sound of life
right outside it
And I try to reach
outstretch my hands
but my fingers get scalded
as I point them in the wrong direction
But all paths look the same
in the forest
as frantic I try to find
my way out
When they said "it's time to experiment", I should have assumed that meant "trial and error"
Khoisan Nov 2021
Ellen said to Steve
the serpent turned into a snake
in the old ring of trees
just look at us honey
we wanted to have followers
and so did he.
Gabs Nov 2021
I want her,
I need her,
I love her.

But I want them,
I need them,
I love them.

Is it a question of who I love more,
Or perhaps who I need more?

Maybe it’s a question of who I can live without,
But regardless, my answer stays the same.  

Why do they make me choose?
Why can’t I love her and you?

They are so adamant about me loving him
That they ignore the trueness of the love I have beside me.

Do you want me,
Do you need me,
Do you love me?

If you do,
Then you’ll let me love her.

Because I don’t want to choose;
I don’t want to choose between her and you.

I want you,
I need you,
I love you.

But when you’re gone,
Who will want me,
And need me,
And love me?

She will,
I know that she will.

So don’t make me choose.
I don’t want to,
But I will.

If me loving her keeps you from loving me,
Maybe I don’t need you.

Because while I will always love you,
I don’t want your hate,
And I don’t need your disgust;
I don’t want your animosity,
And I don’t need your disapproval.

If you can’t look at me and her the same way you’d look at me and him,
I don’t need you in my life ruining the bond that we've come to build.

I love you,
I need you,
I want you.

But I love her,
I need her,
I want her.

So don’t make me choose.
I don’t want to,
But I will.
nick armbrister Oct 2021
Always this way fact/one team other team best way/do you want to change?
nick armbrister Oct 2021
Middle
Safely in the middle
To the left of right
To the right of left

A bit here a bit there
Can’t fall off the world’s edge
Being bang in the middle

No one will kick me over
It’s a long way down hey!
Like what’s his name?

He fell off the end
The end of time, long way down
Just like being on the fence

Go ahead and choose
What side will you pick?
Or be safe in the centre
No falling off the edge
from LIZARD SNAIL 124K Nick Armbrister and other writers OUT LATE 2021/EARLY 22
Tony Tweedy Oct 2021
What choices would I change if I started from anew?
What lessons from my life to change to see another view?

Would I make the same mistakes or choose another way?
Would I speak out just as loud at the times I had my say?

How would I react to the things I've seen men do?
Could I hope to be braver and help those it was done to?

Would I choose to stand when I saw the need to fight?
Would I still see the same things I do now as being right?

Would I still choose to hurt those I caused pain to?
Knowing that the choice once made is impossible to undo.

I know I cannot go back and do it all over from the start,
but if I did it all again, I would live it with a bigger heart.
Some lessons have to be learned.... life makes us who we are and who we become. Our epitaph is always written by those who survived the choices we made.
Shrika Oct 2021
I am
        Nothing more than something
                    Nothing less than anything
        I stand on the line between
My brightest fears and
       my darkest strengths
                Wind wakes a wanderer
                          Current flows through a sailor
          I have neither and I am neither

Forward is bitter
             Backward is foolish
                         Left and right, Death's disguise
            Muddled clarity, invisible light
Multiple reflections,
           Maybe it's broken glass.

The cliff waits for my decision
                But for now,
                              I STAND STILL.

Here's one after a long time:)
Big Virge Sep 2021
So Folks When It Comes To...
What We All Are Meant To Do...

Who Really Has A Clue...
As To What Is The Best Route...
To Quickly Getting To The Truth... ?

That Avoids Wasting Our Time...
In Looking For What’s Right...
To Get To Have A Life...
That Brings You Love And Smiles...

It’s A Question That’s Dependant...
On Finding Things That STRENGTHEN... !!!

That Help Reduce The Pressures...
That Lead To HYPER TENSION... !!!

So What Are You Meant To Do...
When You Receive ABUSE...
In... INFLUENTIAL Rooms... !?!

Should You...

Be The FIRST Someone...
To Speak About This Stuff... !?!

Or Just Keep Your Mouth SHUT...
And Wait Til’ Someone Else Does... ?!?

And Then Join Up With The Crews...
Who Let You Say... ME TOO... ?!?

Now Don’t Get It Confused...
It’s A Question That’s Addressing...
This... SENSITIVE Issue... !!!

Because If YOU’RE ACCUSED...
of Making Such VILE Moves...

What Are YOU Meant To Do...
If You KNOW That They’re...
....... NOT True....... ?!?

Or Worse Still If They ARE...
Are You Meant To Find An Excuse...
That Helps You Hide The Truth...
And Gets You Off The Charge... ?

A Question That Is STRESSING...
What Are You Meant To Do... ???

When The Truth Is...
What You’re Blessed With...
And LIARS SURROUND You... ?!?

Do You Speak It...
Or... Reduce...

The Truth You Air In Views...

Or Do You Simply Listen...
To Those Who Keep It Hidden...
Ease Back And Sit There Thinking.....
That Truthful Talk Is Missing...
Instead of... Air Condition... !!!

The Lies That Cause Transmissions...
of... IGNORANT Positions...

That Lead To Peoples’ Sickness... !!!

Before They Get To Spreading...
Like... Corona Flu Injections... !!!

Or That’s Right These VACCINES...
That... APPARENTLY...
Will Help To DEFEAT...
This DEADLY Disease... !!!
As Well As Fallacies...
On Internet Feeds...
of... Conspiracies...
That Are Just Theories... !!!
  
Are We Just Meant To Believe...
The Words of Those Who Lead...
And BIG Pharma Companies... ?

And People Like... Fauci... ?!?

Or Are We Meant To SEEK...
Some TRUTH And HONESTY...
That Deals In PURITY...
Like NATURAL Remedies...
That Do Keep People Healthy... ?

You See It’s Questions Like THESE...
That Are BIG Ones Indeed... !!!

So What Are Men Meant To Do...
To Keep The Ladies Happy... ?!?

Take Pills To INCREASE LONGEVITY... !!!
And The Size of What Our Trousers Keep... !?!

Or Are We Just Meant To Make Money...
To Keep Them Interested...
And To Start Families... ???

Or Are We Just Meant...
To Simply Be... Funny... ?!?

And To Live A Life of Frivolity...
BIG Spending Sprees...
And To Make Drug Deals...
That Pay For Our Meals...
And Some Fancy Wheels...

Or Are We Meant To...
Just Be Who We Be... !?!

Deal In HONESTY...
And Show Humility... ???

Is That The Type of Man...
That They Really Want... ?!?

You’d Better Ask Them That...
BEFORE ******* Drop...
And You Become A Pops...
Or That’s Right A DAD... !!!

Are Men Meant To Be THAT...
Now That We Have TRANS...
And New Gender Gangs... !?!

Are We Meant To Embrace...
This New Gender Age...
And Not Question Their Ways... ???

And If Not... WHY NOT... !?!
If We Think That They’re Strange...

Are We Meant To DENY...
What’s Inside of Our Minds... ?!?

Does That Really Seem Right...
Or Does That CONFINE...
Or Indeed REFINE...
Our Human Kind... !?!

Cos That’s A DANGEROUS Vibe...
That Quite A Few DON’T Like... !!!

And Who’s Meant To Decide...
How We Live Our Lives... ?!?

Guys In Suits And Ties...
With Women By Their Sides...
Who Defend Their Lies...
And The Way That They Divide...

Are We Meant To Accept...
Lies From Governments...
And Policies BEREFT...
of Basic Common Sense... !?!

And Are We Meant To Invest...
In All of This... New Tech...

Like ARTIFICIAL Intelligence... ?!?

When It’s Clear We Have Minds...
That Are... IGNORANT... !!!

And What Are We Meant...
To Do With... THEM... ?!?

Those of Us Who REJECT...
Using Knives And Bullets...
To Leave People DEAD... !?!

Well I Think That’s Where...
This Poem Is Meant...
To Reach It’s END... !!!

But BEFORE It Does...
Aren’t We Meant To Question...
The Things That Are Done...
By Our Race of Humans... ?!?

Like Racism And Sexism...
And Abuse That Runs...
Within Entertainment...

And Corruption Within...
Our Governments...
And What We Feed To...
Our Children... !!!

Aren’t We Meant To Have FUN...
And Just Deal In LOVE... ?!?

Or Are We Just Meant... To...
Behave Like... THUGS... !?!

Aren’t We Meant To Be Good...
And To Just Be... COOL...
Like RIGHTEOUS Warriors...

Well Folks...
I’m NOT Gonna Lie To You... !!!

Because Life’s NO JOKE...
And Keeps Giving Proof...

From This Corona Flu...
To New Policies Approved...

That It’s Really Getting HARDER...
To Know.... What We’re....

..... “ Meant To Do “..... ?!?
Another very interesting, and serious question to write about....
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