Random Thoughts

Hiatus

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WELCOME BACK!!!  To those of you who have checked here off and on for new content, I thank you for the continued interest.  Without getting too much into my time away from this blog, I am happy to say I’ve been bit by the ‘writing bug’ and I’m eager to share some of whats be rattling in my mind.  So without further delay, here is my first poem completed in a long time.  Special shout-out to my support team for always bugging me for new work.  ‘preciate each of you!!!

Caste

Who am I, under this caste
Overhead, shaping my path.

A jugment, based off of lives,
Out of my hands, brimmed with wrath.

Unable to move around,
This frame – trailing my shadows.

Stalking my future pursuits.
Thoughts of me – on the gallows.

In a game I want no parts,
Yet I’m still forced to attempt.

Try to rebel, standing firm,
My efforts – met with contempt.

Still victim to growing hate.
Forever linked to a land.

Whose core upon we have built,
A way of life far from grand.

Still seen through a vision veiled,
Laced with truth that’s based on lies.

Chances for a lasting peace,
Seem to start through hollow eyes.

Everyday – more of the same.
Differences leading to pain.

With fingers pointing each way
Yet no plan to break the chain.

New futures starting each day.
These roots expected to grow.

Being fed the ills we craft,
Setting up their life of woe.

Will we ever pull ourselves
Out from under what’s been done?

Or will cycles still spin on,
Nothing changing, nothing won.

      

Thank you for your time.  Stay tuned for more content.  I will begin publishing on this blog a new chapter series very soon!!!

Meaning Behind the Words

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So, I’ve asked a few followers of my work to pick my next poem to dissect.  While I wait on those submissions, here are two more poems to choose from.  In one, I play with the idea of thanking people for the negative they bring into one’s life, because without it, the many positives that came afterward would’ve never happened.  So for that reason alone, I felt a slight thank you had to be shared.

In the other, I just wanted to start the conversation of whether the way our society is structured is in fact the way we want it.  And if not, why not make that society’s main focus.   Enjoy the words, ponder their meaning, and don’t forget to thank a negative contributor to your life today – they are opening the doors to something greater!!!!!

Thank You

Thank you for breaking my heart
Setting me onto a path

Although at the time I saw
No end to my pain and wrath.

Couldn’t make sense of your words
Or find meaning in your choice

Just wanted you out the way
While still craving for your voice.

But the wounds finally healed
My faith in love was restored

Found solace looking anew
Her beauty –its own reward.

The moments we could enjoy
Were a gift wrapped up by you

Setting me onto a path
Filled with love – lasting and true.

Thank you for making the call
That brought day out of my night

Taking a boy who was filled
With a rage, ready to fight.

Answered the question that plagued
Yet he never dared to ask

A question that ruled his world.
Covered his life like a mask.

Made the world easy to bare
At least knowing that you’re real

That weight, off of my shoulders
A strain I’d learned to conceal.

Take notice of who you are
Learn the good, mixed with the bad

And then hope that I succeed
At being a better dad.

Thank you for all of the doubt
It’s kept us perched on our toes.

The fear of failing’s been high
A truth that nobody knows.

A pressure kept on myself
Has always been my belief.

To keep me from living life
With days that have no relief.

Where we go from here is left
To the steps we chose to take.

The path behind us just gave
A lesson we can’t forsake.

With hope I look to what comes
With thoughts of all that we’ve seen.

Hoping to mirror a life
Filled with days that are serene.

 Robbing the Hood

All the plights of our days
Giving life to your works.

Yet our days never change
While you enjoy the perks

Our young are being fed
From a hand that’s so worn

In a place that’s so bruised,
A people that’s so torn.

Those that have, tend to feel
Nothing more can be done

Their riches have been made.
Poverty’s on the run.

Yet their dough finds its growth
By our hands – by our feet.

Shouldn’t more come to those
Who keep their life so sweet?

All their songs and their films
Bringing light to our dark

Bring more net to their worth
While our lives miss that spark

A handout will not do
More care needs to be shown

The platforms they command
Some ills should go unknown

School labs lacking the tools,
To fairly educate

Ten cars – while people starve
Can’t see how that equate.

The poor gives to the rich
With small gains in return

Will the poor seek a change?
Is this not of concern?