My neighbors.
My family and friends.
When I enlisted into the military!
And when I was ‘released’…
Wishing to return to those,
I helped ‘free’ from the enemies.
I was treated like dirt!
As I observed a clarity of selfishness and greed.
With the same intent that still continues.
As if my efforts…
Even to me made less sense!
And I try not to stay embittered.
Since many years have now passed.
As have many of those comrades I knew…
With remnants lying and now perhaps rotted,
Under manicured grass.
Only varying versions of it told.And when someone is bold enough,To tell it like it is…People become offensive.It is a moment that comes,That strips bare with no regard.Truth stuns those who shun it!And those who find it hard,To accept truth for what it is…Find those who have no problem telling it,As negative!
Or having that done,By more than one.But once that is known…The flight from it,Can bring one a happiness.When it is realized,How many have accepted it.Without comprehending…The participants and the depth of it!It is not easy,Discovering the truth.When so many deny that it exists.Afterall…Aren’t beliefs based on non-fiction?How can so many,Live addicted to fiction?But it has…
A reading of the scroll took place…To honor those of a certain grace.The blacksmith thereupon would leave,To polish saddles and brass horse bits!And when the meeting came to an end…The waitress was paid a hefty tip!Ye Olde Asses Inn.All the clients are old men.Nothing has changed…Since the invention of quilled feathered pens!Everyone agrees an ‘update’…
To incite an insight!Some may not like.But I seek a comprehension.Not to revisit…A safety zone,Already known.Or one that has been mentioned.And when I write,I choose to test…A curiosity,Within me…That does not sit and rest.I want to produce seeds of understanding.And in the doing…Even I am not thoroughly delighted,By what I have to admit…Is a bunch…
You have the tools to lift yourself up.But somehow you have chosen,To be there to wallow…And I wont allow myself to see you like this.Remember when you said to me,I alone can change my own destiny!That I chose to sit,With burdens and grief.And if I didn’t tell them to leave me…I would struggle to stand.And…
When your teeth fell out as a child,Under your pillow they were put.I remember as a child you confessed to me…Minnie, Mickey and Mighty Mouse,Were all related in a family of mice…And you watched them grow up in your house,On your brand new TV!Today I can’t say a thing to you.Anything that touches upon reality.If…
