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Someone's living their life,
Someone's living in lies.
Some people appreciate beauty,
Even though they don't know why.

Some just drive their way—
They call it "vibe and thrive."

But how would life be
When you truly know what life is?

Appreciate beauty,
Appreciate ugliness.
Appreciate joy,
Appreciate sorrow.

Then you’ll know:
Real beauty is your duty.
Arna Jun 14
Every time I expect something from life,
A flood of questions rises within:
Don't expect. Accept and adjust.
Be happy with what you have.
Many don’t even have what you do.
And many more voices echo the same.

But what if my expectations are simple?

Simple like -
A homely atmosphere,
A loving family,
A supportive friend,
A peaceful life,
A meaningful profession.

Are these huge to expect from life?
Sometimes even the simplest hopes feel like luxuries. Is it wrong to dream of peace, love, and belonging?
I'm heavier now,
which is due to
the laden air
and the worst thing is
it's heavier everywhere.

The thing is
you cannot outrun
a bulging tum.

it was easier once upon a time ago
and we all know how long ago
that was.

Still,
one mustn't complain,
We evolved,
learnt that the earth revolved around the sun and not the other way around, found out about some things, and will no doubt find out more,.

Look at how far we've come.

I'm looking at my reflection and reflecting all of my ancestors who in turn are looking at me, I wonder, which I usually do, what and who we are evolving into.

If we do reincarnate
I'm coming back as
pieces of eight,
to keep the pirate thing
going.
Tiana Jun 2020
Seen enough
Stumbled enough
Tolerated enough
But still can't get enough
the way this world works
Random thoughts
Functioning
at the junction where now becomes then
and then it was now and
then now again then,

functioning in a state of disarray
tomorrow it is but today was yesterday
when tomorrow was a day away,
It's still now or it was
now it's then.

I see the rings spinning
round where
space is not there
it's here
on the ground,

each galaxy whirls as I flail and
still fail to recognise
blue skies?
I believe in them,
but then becomes now and then then again.

Where did I lose the capacity to
fit in with that which surrounds me?

Functioning
barely recognised
and he dies,
the funeral a first class affair
buffet laid on
but
nobody there
when became now
and then never came
no one to blame,

no function and
we're dropped off the list,
I wonder
do we ever exist?
Time,
and time being our greatest asset
what do we do with it?
we
pass it around like a bag of
Maltesers,
it eases the pain but puts time
out of joint.

Let's face it
if
time is curved like space it
comes back
doesn't it?

Don't we recapture those
moments when rapture was
moments away?

Play time
school time
home time
work time and time
to grow old
with a mouthful of
chocolate.
I've been listening
to
Joplin and Cohen,
sad
knowing they're gone,
but
if we do live on in the
words of the song
all
is not lost.

Everywhere I have ever been
everything I've ever known,
seen or shown is
a part of me,

lyrically composed?
only
God knows
and
he's
keeping quiet
tonight.
Just scribbling in the bible book
taking a gander
having a look at
what Jesus said,
but
there's a lot of other things going on with
Mathew,
Mark and especially Jonah who's
slightly older.

The unexpurgated edition tells
the real tale,

It's a bit Medusa to say the least.

But this is not about religion,
that's not my pigeon as the hawk would say,
that's if hawks could talk.

it's more of a stroll through the undergrowth
where the lichen grows or
dipping my feet in the water and wiggling
my toes,

Realisation.


nothing is real
people craft miracles from icicles
and how hot is that?

we talk in rivers of riddles
we walk on flesh made of stone

call it a poem
call it galvanised steel
but
nothing is real.

Infinity stretches out like a worm
and
how do you compete with it
or last as long as it.

Repro'

the double and triple,
quadruplicated replicas
in camera
locked in a screen,
the ripple that runs through
your dream
where nothing is real but you
know it's not true,

are you the potency of
the reprobate?

Summer and the winds are fair
to the seafaring man
who used to be there
but who
now lives in the mission.

All things end in the end which is
as unreal as it gets.
She makes the best
of what is
the rest of me,
I trust
in her decisions.

Wisdom begins
where lust ends
I trust in this
but
just
one more kiss
for luck.
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