It isn’t much
Simple values
They add up
Show up
Try
Care
Not more
to say
about this
Simple Values
Month: September 2023
Brand Nothing
Branded peoples
Marketing chieftain
Weak tribe stitched
together with cash
Identity sought
Community needed
Emblem to belong
Express the self
No protection in
this storefront
Smiling strangers
Absent leaders
Same problems
only better dressed
Photo by Anthony Intraversato on Unsplash
More of Less
Invite my desires, needs, wants
Want for less want, and need
Less expectations, pressure
to push sales thinly dressed as
opportunities, social update
Present credit card debt as
admiration. Less imagery of
neighbors illusory lifestyle
brands sell smiling salesmen
struggling to make ends meet
pressured corporate goals
their own lifestyle demands
spill into shopping carts,
crated off to fill domestic shelf
space overwhelmed by more
than we can need or want
Photo by Bruno Kelzer on Unsplash
Give it your best
No matter the task
Grimy, Dirty, Grueling
Or Embarrassing
Give it your best
Your performance
Reflects upon you
Not the job quality
Give it your best
A sloppy effort
On a slimy job
Doesn’t show well
Give it your best
Photo by Tim Foster on Unsplash
Fire Me Up
Pour out my coffee
Forget my breakfast
Give me a challenge
Tell me I can’t
Fire me up, what is
one more mountain
Photo by Aaron Sebastian on Unsplash
Hybrid Theory
I will share this Hybrid Theory
With You, lost teenage angst
memorized lyrics, Papercuts
inside my brain, Crawling
among Forgotten challenges
Runaway from that place
better By Myself, but not
In the End, that old disk
never Pushing Me Away
With You, I stretched
found A Place for My Head
but never A Cure for the Itch
or issued Points for Authority
Author’s Note: Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory is the only album I ever memorized, and completely unintentionally as a testament to the lyricism of the team. I can still, after over 20 years rap about the moon with Mike Shinoda, but never scream like Chester. Or riff like Dr. Han. I always enjoyed their music, even after the public was worn out by the Michael Bay, Transformers movies.
I want to thank you for taking the time to read the above piece. This is a new medium for me, and any commentary you may have, I do appreciate. These are all drafts, if I ever take them further, I would expect edits as a part of the natural process.
Linkin Park – https://soundcloud.com/linkin_park/sets/hybrid-theory-3
Revolution
Spuds sprout eyes
A kitchen rebellion
Pickaxe spike buried
The earth split
Tubor bodies split
A tilled grave
Fertile bodies reach
The deers snack
Grasses plot stretched
A garden reclaimed
Gardeners gentle defeat
The earths revolt
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Quiet
It’s too quiet
I can hear my
thoughts
unmuffled
Unprimed by
energetic drums
guitar riffs
unclean vocal
The floor settles
humidity maybe
or temperature
changes creak
I want to thank you for taking the time to read the above piece. This is a new medium for me, and any commentary you may have, I do appreciate. These are all drafts, if I ever take them further, I would expect edits as a part of the natural process.
Photo by Keith Misner on Unsplash
Butterfly
Sterile
Still
My pool of water
Artificial blue
Filtered clear
My pool of water
Jaunty hop
Fluttering delight
Upon my pool of water
Concrete beach
Unnatural heat
Beside my pool of water
Butterfly dances
Silent splashes
Upon my pool of water
Yawning wings
Kaleidoscope dreams
Above my pool of water
I want to thank you for taking the time to read the above piece. This is a new medium for me, and any commentary you may have, I do appreciate. These are all drafts, if I ever take them further, I would expect edits as a part of the natural process.
Photo by Alfred Schrock on Unsplash
Celebrate, maybe
Celebrate, maybe excuse
for family to gather against
busy schedules, and
occasional strife set aside
Kids run and play, bounce
through the trampoline
greet in-laws, with a smile
normally too busy with work
I suppose I could be social
but so much to do, cook
clean, prep, serve, tidy
up, I’ll sit when they leave
I want to thank you for taking the time to read the above piece. This is a new medium for me, and any commentary you may have, I do appreciate. These are all drafts, if I ever take them further, I would expect edits as a part of the natural process.
Photo by Cristian Escobar on Unsplash
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