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Tommy Johnson Dec 2013
I got one!
Bring meaning to the meaningless
Excess is the American way
And to that I salute
The senselessness
Keeps the infinite far
Too far for us to obtain

Make me
Tase me
Take me away
Cuff me
Love me
Shut me out

Your gun and badge do not make you more than us

Symbol of conformity
And self denial
To go through the gates
To the other side

And for that I send you my condolences

Lock me in a prison
I’ll get out in time
I’ll be free where it counts
In my heart and my mind
While you’re locked outside

Telling me
Giving me orders
On how to act
On how to be

Am I out of control?
Yes
Okay, just checking
Alright, good

Once you’re out of the control
Of others
You learn to control yourself

Right and wrong
Yin and yang
Passion and rationale
Decline and growth
Tommy Johnson Dec 2013
Said they were at the park
Stay there and hide
Until the stars filled the sky

The sky is the shelter from our pride
It has found us
We can’t hide

Leave my thoughts aside
And grow my seeds to root
And let them grow sky high

Cultivate and meditate
On everything and define
As your complete being becomes a star in the sky
Tommy Johnson Dec 2013
Clear the fog
Clear the mind
Remove the clutter
Clean the stain in your head
Then you may focus
Focus on life
Life, live it
Just be it
You know what to do
Tommy Johnson Dec 2013
In the spring time
I have a spring in my step
The sun springs earlier in the day
Flowers spring up

Time springs forward

The spring board to summer
The trail blazing to Autumn
Falling back onto winter
Melting into spring
Tommy Johnson Dec 2013
Just roll the dice
Now it’s your turn
Where you’ll land
No one’s sure

This gamed called life
This game called pain
This gamed called love
It’s all the same

So what’s the prize?
None of us know
Win or lose
The wind still blows

Just another player
Just one more turn
Your almost there

Go all in
Spin the wheel

I’m just playing
For the thrill

Take your chance
Tommy Johnson Dec 2013
As I drive to the house
Where the alcohol waits
My mind yearns
And I anticipate

I can’t wait to come out
After a few drinks
Let everything go loose
I don’t need to feel or think
Tommy Johnson Dec 2013
Don’t just hear, listen
Don’t just see, analyze

It’s urging me to listen
Which means grasp what someone is saying and understand the underlying meaning

And to comprehend instead of only seeing a person speaking at me
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