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Created on: August 22, 2009
Write Think Grow
Don't Need; just know
Can't recreate what doesn't grow
Wait for the day when your skies will snow
Or show some instrument by which we all flow
A vast machine placing you at the bow
Or something immediate
More likely to be
Realism painted artistically
Not an abstract; just with the face of one
True meaning is being
Somethingup heaving
Just want to be breathing
But powerfully seething
Intentions which
cause us to act
On feelings; no meanings or purpose intact
An ego at loss is not easy to control
The fact of the matter falls prey to the hole
Don't fall, be falling, with everything to know
Don't prey, be praying, towards your own soul
If time changes meaning, then I'll close by saying
This means nothing
I was just playing
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