Today

Today is unlike any other.

I see you in true light, originating from the vastest depths of my mind, I seem to be unkind..

Taking my life away, I feel I must cast myself astray,

Together in pain, forever separate from parallel paths.

Love has done unto me a vigorous task, always hoping, never knowing,

where you and I stand, forever in trust, but far from eternal dust.

I love you, admire you, cherish you and desire you.

Not mine to keep, yet continually you seep through my thoughts,

I dare not sleep, for the night brings images of your wit and sorrow.

I deem you a saint, from heaven above. Yet, to me you will never be-

For our hearts have been soiled by past indulgences.

I crave redemption from my own foolish pride, I wish that we could walk together, slow pace, in a unison stride.

I bare not but one apology to you, rationality meets idealism, leaving me in between all that can be foreseen and forgotten.

Farewell to Prosperity

A conservative man points his finger in my direction and shouts fool.

I stand at the bottom of a hill looking up at him and I am small.

His pockets are coloured in green and his teeth shine like gold.

I am nothing in comparison; I do not have a hundred diamonds to sell.

He says all is well for those who prosper; he preaches the word of the market.

Flicking my cigarette, I stare absent mindlessly; his words do not penetrate my understanding.

Sinking knee deep in mud, I struggle to make it to the top of this hill.

I purchase an education, money spent on recognition.

I work for the other man who pays me barely enough.

The people are vacant and the cities are crowded.

The trees disappear and the water turns sour.

Sky's stay forever gray and every old lady is praying for this world to be ok.

What ever happened to homemade bread? Why can’t I taste the dew amongst the summer breeze?

The soil is being turned into a landmine of riches for the ones on top to harvest into

Gold. But, little do they know that the flowers can’t grow from a mound of concrete.

I laugh at the man in the black suit who turned equality, economy, and prosperity into a corrupt system of the poor staying poor and the rich growing richer.