Why am I scared
to make amends?
To let go, move on,
stop holding on to this
in fear?
In the end, it matters little
what I held so dear.
When in death
it becomes
abundantly clear,
that the mental gymnastic escalations
of thoughts eternally bound
to internal consternation
that, in effect,
will reflect,
then reject
all modicums
of self-respect,
I’m not sure if my best times are ahead
or behind me,
the anxiety of not knowing
has blinded me
to the possibilities of what could come to be;
possibilities that continue to elude me.
I don’t know how my worst times
have shaped me, or shaped my mind.
To that I’m inevitably blind.
And though I seek out happier thoughts,
they’re all just memories,
of a life […]
A trailhead waits in the moonlight there
as I race down a highway to escape my despair.
I go onward and forward and faster towards
the mountains that will bring me unseen rewards.
The forest glows by the light of the moon,
And an eerie presence prevails as I arrive too soon.
for the journey is what this place is about
the journey to […]
Pounding thing,
Artificial thump they call music
Is a beast and a noise
An aural irritant
Blithely it grates at my being
Some are inspired to move
None have their mind provoked
It isn’t art
It’s just a commercial
It pushes no boundaries
Supplanting the mediocrity
With the mediocre
It disgusts […]
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Life’s changes come
expected or not
Sometimes we’re prepared
Sometimes we’re in a state of blissful ignorance
Or wistfully ignoring
the inevitable path our actions have led us to.
I fear not the coming end.
The escape from complexity
to clarity
or nothingnesss
Either is the greener grass on the other side
There is this agony inside that uncontrols me,
usurps my will for rational,
usurps my temporal being.
It uncontrols me, without revealing itself
to that being uncontrolled;
it hides itself
from me
it is me
it’s obvious to those around me
but only the closest;
only the few who can be hurt
Fearless promises for what would come,
who is amused, if not me?
Past debris, ashes, complete;
feel the course of
constant pounding nature,
the knowledge, the inner tumult
tangled,
leaping out without outlasting
it’s own evanescence.
Its own demise.
Before, there was more than I.
It was just this scene, […]
rise sun bring new day
woken but not awakened
when true wisdom comes
glowing orange clouds
morning light sets all aglow
sun brings wakefulness
roll the miles away
two-wheeled freedom enriches
pedal, pedal on