Wonder & Wander

When we have an issue in our society, seldom is there a single solution for these problems. Yet, we, the masses, align with oversimplified solutions, draw a line in the sand, then either berrate others to join us or condemn others who oppose our views. The only winners become the politicians and lobbyists who create and revel in this polarization. I challenge each of you to cast aside these preconceived and oversimplified memes and ideas. And, instead, demand solutions that more clearly articulate the multitude of steps that we all need to take to see the gradual positive progression of change which occurs when we engage in and support a meaningful and long term solution. And, guess what? We may all have to make some adjustments. We will need to trade in our perceived structure of security and stability to alter the status quo. I recognize our fears. Yet, at some point, our fear for the future must outweigh our fear of change.

Do not allow yourself to be swallowed by the solitude of your suffering; creating a cocoon from which you'll never emerge.  We all have pupated, skulked silently, and seemed to dissipate in the dark.  Instead, emerge and converge with the migrating multitudes; spread your wings and recognize the monarch you've become.

The contradictions in everyone

Love...abstract reactions beyond reason; blame nether regions.  Urges and surges become curses.  The symbol, the heart; engorging erotic parts. Animalistic; it's nature, mistaken for love.

Still be.

Until time is up

But, the heavens they move, and so do you.  Lids shut to the northern skies.  Awake frantic and fearful; a rumbling echo inside.  A battle chant to fulfill the fix, eats away as you arise.  Stumbling wayward and drunken. Transgressions and indulgences blur the night.  A black hole is forming; while we chase an ancient dragon and pursue an ambiguous right.

Please stay this infection; halt its spread.  Quarantine and decontaminate your kin.  May a common cause unite us.  A crusade for a cure.  A vaccine for this vicious virus... let it spread no more.

Finally; frantically; reaching out, but miss.

Sweet serene cascades of serenity.  Unraveled and unwound; tension escapes and dissipates.  All those misty memories; repressed and forgotten.  Let us hover in this haze,  float in this fog, and be concealed in these clouds of continuous calm...until we are coaxed again by commitment's call.

Forgiveness.  A pillar of Christianity.  Toted as a step to overcoming trauma.  To let go of anger and vengeful thoughts.  But, aren't some crimes too atrocious; when we are riddled with horror and disbelief?  While ruminating may be unhealthy, forgiveness also seems obscene.  Perhaps the anger dissipates, perhaps so do death thoughts, but the act is never truly forgiven, if it leaves a psychological scar.  Instead, perhaps, absolve yourself.  Let go of the blame you harbor.  Comprehend the horrors that do exist, the harm that's done, and resolve to make this world better.  Become a benevolent force, amidst the pain.  Find hope and let it spread.  And if forgiveness you cannot find, quest for peace instead.

Yesterday's devoid abyss, chasm of nothingness, and echo ending trench; was a shadow of a whisper of a prior notion left abandoned, without the faintest recollection of meaning or symbolism.  And it still towers in comparison to the vacant vacuum of oblivion that defines today.

After months of development, hours of intense labor, and minutes of pushing; a wriggling and wet being is laid on your belly.  Foreign yet forever and undeniably a part of you.  And, as the tears build and burst forth, your body unable to contain your immense and indescribable joy, an epiphany dawns.  Suddenly, the years of uncertainty are exposed and with clarity you realize what love truly is; what you now and forever will expect it to be; and when, in all the moments past, it never really was.

Blood drains from the brain, intestinal intruders require resources.  Lids flicker and strain beneath an invisible weight.  Striving to focus.  Sunlight reflects off the dash.  Squinting forms an allegiance with slumber. Desperation ponders caffeine, nicotine, Dentyne.  Rejuvenating, but unavailable.  Desolation determines the fate.  Window down, a cool breeze faced.  Foot to the floor; gradually miles erased.  Each moment, every minute, a war does rage.  No surrender; no white flag.  Until arrival.  And, now I'm wide awake.

An amateur attempt at the abstract, to verbalize and mesmerize with symbolic vagueness.  You decode and decipher; seeking metaphorical meanings. Puzzling over jigsaws, enigmas, and riddles; carefully orchestrated conundrums.  While your key master hides behind lyrics and rhymes; cryptically written to avoid being tongue tied with down-cast eyes.   But it is a farce, a hoax, and a sham; a deliberate diversion.  The magic dissipates; only a charlatan remains.  Cowering behind a shoddily made shield; shaking with vulnerability.

Schizophrenic uncertainty.