#contrasting
Compassion,
The path of all things.
To care about nothing
Would be to learn just the same.
Curiosity,
The drive of all things.
To have it about nothing
Would be to receive just the same.
And thus, we have our twins!
Two constants with reciprocal natures
In continuous flux, each a prerequisite of the other.
To coddle one too much
Means the deprivation of the other.
To neglect either
Means the neglect of each other.
That is,
To neglect either is to reject both.
To foster chaos is by either's rejection,
In that both shall neglect each other.
The incompassionate mind is not curious.
The uncurious mind is not compassionate.
As in, by our neural structures,
The ways we decide to go
Are like the paths which grow.
For you leave more than only footprints
Where no man has ever walked before.
Yet, that you leave nothing,
You constantly walk those roads.
Yet, that it is immaterial,
You still do so in the physical.
Yet, that it is material,
You still do so in the metaphysical.
For it's inbetween being betwixt,
For it's seperate & imperceptible.
For it's singular, yet collective.
For it's collective, yet individual.
For it's infinitesimal, yet infinite.
For it's eternal, yet finite in existence.
That is, existence like ice
Slowly melting into water.
That it remains the same,
But changes & fluctuates
Relative to any environment.
As like with the constraints of time,
Actions outward of the body.
Action of the outward body.
In relation to it,
Matter unchanged
But translated via a different state.
Celebrate.
To live is for life,
But we all die sometime!
Yet, is this change?
Transmutation by that of another order?
Something perennial, yet still coming into being.
Something endless, yet but only just beginning.
Something futuristic, yet which is already happening.
Apr 25, 2025
Apr 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM UTC
Delineations on wisdom
Can be but delineations of ignorance!
Delineations of wisdom
Can be but disfigurations by the ignorant!
Is there a difference?
There is a difference!
Apr 23, 2025
Apr 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM UTC
And so we're all familiar with those;
Autocracy, atrocity, fascism.
Whatever forms those take
And whatever names given contemporarily.
However masked in any moment.
Yet, here they still happen!
Yet, they still now occur!
It's almost as though
This species really doesn't learn!
Apr 18, 2025
Apr 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM UTC
Golly, fellas!
Gee, ladies!
These folks.
Am I right, person(s)?
They say it's no fair!
Hey, if you didn't already know it-
I'm hoping you get the best.
Usually, that's by lesson.
And, wouldn't you know it,
You're quite the students!
I just noticed you were struggling learning.
So, I reduced it down to the basics!
You've just got to get to studying.
Of course, not that it's always obvious,
What field even peaks your interest?
Perhaps it's walking.
Perhaps it's gawking.
Perhaps it's trying.
But to what do they compare?
Perhaps it's sensation.
Perhaps it's thinking.
But who's to say
What that even corresponds to?
Who's to say
What those even correspond to?
The only you with say
Is the same to make the decision.
What I mean is;
A lot of things are going to get in your way,
Don't be your own obstacle.
Apr 16, 2025
Apr 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM UTC
So you know I don't believe
A ton of the **** I'm musing on,
But rather I am just musing on it.
Yet, we know of violent extremists
Which we are funding
Who do believe in similar rhetoric;
But I am guilty?
No. **** you and **** that.
Where's my army funds?
Where are my weapons and munitions?
Oh, right. I forgot.
The Irish aren't people,
No need to apply.
Apr 13, 2025
Apr 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM UTC
When you express yourself,
The minute the thoughts come out,
That's when the guns come out;
YEAH, BABY! COME GET SOME!
I'M EAGER FOR BATTLE
AND WILLING TO BE A SOLDIER!
MARCHING ORDERS, MADAM!
AT YOUR WORD, SIR!
IF I CAN'T DO IT,
IT'S BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY DONE IT.
EXACTLY TO YOUR DECLARATIONS,
FOLLOWED TO THE LETTER YOUR INSTRUCTIONS!
A humble, level-headed person.
Feb 15, 2025
Feb 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM UTC
In the "loneliness",
I find connection.
In the "boredom",
I find fulfillment.
In the "silence",
I find serenity.
Why aren't you at peace?
Feb 13, 2025
Feb 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM UTC
It's really easy to write
Like you're for the hardline right
And far-flung conspiracies.
Easy to address as a member of the left
Like you believe in extreme liberalism
And wild ideas.
And then there's a center,
Or so I've heard.
For the intellectual or versus,
For the institution or against;
For the fascist,
For the anarchic.
It's all so archaic.
Feb 10, 2025
Feb 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM UTC
Bite not the tongue,
But latch the cheek.
Lash not the mule,
But strike the ***
Ignore not the statistics,
But silence the opinions.
Waste not the seed,
But peel the onion.
Wantonly not dump,
But dispose of the garbage.
Carelessly not to jump,
But to gracefully land.
Rip them not off,
But open the lids.
Cause not interference,
But adjust your receivers.
Lose not the vision,
But get the picture.
Trade not for fidelity,
But increase your resolution.
Become not hidden,
But show the elusive.
Feb 10, 2025
Feb 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM UTC
If neoliberalism urges caution
To our humanitarian approaches
But causes legislative bloat
And fosters lethargy,
Then neo-conservatism presses observance
To the safeguarding of our rights
But causes judicial confusion
And breeds separation.
Between us & I,
Between collective & individual.
So much joy amid the animosity,
So many cliques amid the niches.
Sadly concentrated & widespread-
What once was Orthodox is again
Within the eyes of most of man.
Such twists of countenances,
Such distortions of their own doctrines.
What scripture is not perverted?
What documents are not violated?
What laziness by the righteous
In eye of such cutthroat ruthlessness,
For the extent of the lack of justice
There is not nearly equal ire.
Get out & do something,
Stand up for what you believe in,
Lest you're unable.
Keep calm & carry on,
Be civil & observe decorum!
Keep calm & carry on,
Be dutiful & raise the standard!
There's barbarians on the border,
We're facing invasion
And enemies from within!
False citizens who lifted the gates;
Members of the house & senate,
District & magistrate.
The foreign threats grow,
We're completely surrounded
By enemies along our walls!
Backstabbing friends conspiring against us;
Those honored to be called partners & allies,
Apparatchik & Goldfasanen.
There's a war being waged
By the likes of values, beliefs-
Through our culture!
Capricious celebutantes with secret agendas;
Members of the paparazzi & cinema,
Big shot bankers & developers.
Every discussion is a battle,
For the extremists are everywhere,
By wealthy like terrorists!
Tyrannous minorities with their backdoor deals;
Those revered of the fraternal & esoteric,
Seedy elites & naive henchmen.
So much most repulsive, henious,
By perpetrators most traitorous.
Feb 8, 2025
Feb 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM UTC
Are the British braver than us?
That they police their streets with no firearms?
Or simply more humane & competent
That they feel no need to threaten to ****** their fellow citizens?
Failure to comply
With law and order
With our militarized police
Means you risk your life.
Even if you are collecting trash,
Even if you are sleeping,
Even if you are exercising inalienable rights.
May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024 at 1:24 PM UTC
"Life is cheap,"
Said strong to weak.
"Wrong is right,"
Spoke rich to meek.
"Do none, hear none - nor speak, or see."
Evil said to divinity.
And we wonder why, when then
We do speak, that
No one seems to be listening.
Dec 21, 2023
Dec 21, 2023 at 8:03 AM UTC
His lips like ecstasy
Her lips cold as the Atlantic.
His breath that melts the frost
That kisses the tip of her nose.
Her eyelashes that flutter
Like a butterfly's gentle
Wings.
This love was
Sacred.
This love was
Fire.
Raging out of control and yet so beautiful.
His eyes that searched her soul.
The deep green mixing with the
Sun-kissed hazel
That flecked his irises.
The slight spatter of freckles
Stretching under her tired eyes.
This love was
Intimate.
This love was
Inescapable.
Raging out of control and yet so glorious.
His hands on her waist.
Her arms around his neck.
Warmth spreading from his fingertips
Over her icy skin.
A warm current spreading across the Atlantic.
The geography out of place
The puzzles matching up right
The contrast so great.
And yet
It was all
Heavenly.
This love was
Heaven.
This love was
Just out of
Reach.
Jun 27, 2018
Jun 27, 2018 at 5:45 PM UTC