Your perception is your reality

But reality is not your perception

It'd be a hubristic deception to disagree

Like the tragedy to seek only perfection

It's like society is tailor made to deceive

Disquieting, the messages we daily receive

Negativity plasters our news feeds

While marketers hack our hierarchy of needs

And what does the new day bring?

A new song for doomsayers to sing

But have you ever had an ounce of doubt

About the way these apes dance and shout?

It's all for attention

Scratch that, for money

It's an unfortunate thing to mention..

But the future still looks sunny

With tech progressin

And life gettin longer

Life is anything but depressin

When you focus on you gettin stronger

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American introvert

Made to feel

Like my brain don't work

It ain't a fair deal..

I need time alone

Will you please understand

I need time alone

It's a fundamental demand

I'm not myself

Without time to breathe

My pleas are heartfelt

But the truth, you refuse to believe..

I used to idolize you

While I was outside - watching..

You socialize like it's your fuel

And patronize my quiet - mocking..

You think you understand me

And put me in a box

Anti-social with anxiety

Cursed with mental blocks..

For some, that is true

For me, it is not

I am neither sad nor blue

Likely just deep in thought

But I need time alone

To sort those thoughts out

I need time alone

Why is my truth so easy to doubt?

My brain is different than yours

It's so easy to see

I dream of solo hikes outdoors

While you might a prefer packed party

Come at me with deep conversation

Together, we talk and grow

I don't want complete isolation

I just need some time alone. ✌️ S

Poetry makin

Without it

My mind is forsaken

Don't doubt it

No if's, and's or but's

Without it I'm nuts

And suddenly

I'm out of a rut

It was meant to be!

For all to see!

The essence of being

Lies in to "be"

To be alive

To be breathing

Crickets crick

And birds are singing

That's the trick

It's the battles you pick!

The ones inside your head

So don't be a prick

One day you'll be dead

And when you look back

I hope it's not said

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Poetry makin

Without it

My mind is forsaken

Don't doubt it

No if's, and's or but's

Without it I'm nuts

And suddenly

I'm out of a rut

It was meant to be!

For all to see!

The essence of being

Lies in to "be"

To be alive

To be breathing

Crickets crick

And birds are singing

That's the trick

It's the battles you pick!

The ones inside your head

So don't be a prick

One day you'll be dead

And when you look back

I hope it's not said

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From travel, you've returned

Think back to what you've learned

And all that money burned

And how that page has turned

For, you see, you're back

And life is back to normal

All you had was in a pack

Now life is so formal

New chapters to be written

With new opportunity

By your passions, be smitten

Share this love with your community

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Whether its anger that drives you

Or hunger pangs

You gotta do you

And see what your future brings

But if the truth of your nature you fail to see

You conform to the masses

The future isn't necessarily

Better than the past is

This is something we've become accustom to

In the past century or two

But the norm, it is not

Oh how fast history is forgot

Or forgotten

The way we perceive the past is rotten

Like it's something we have magically transcended

But Empires have fallen with that same logic defended

Good ideas

Should be befriended

Like breathe with ease

And don't be so quickly offended

Study history

And how they used to dream

Of the way things used to be

With ancient technology

And now what do we see?

A future brighter than ever

In our species history

And yeah, we could be doin' better

It's scary times

The news is plastered with

Countless political crimes

How did we get to this...

Hating each other

Like the last time our nation

Pitted brother against brother

But we've g

How many times can I say sorry

For acting like a grinch..

I can easily see my flaws being

Internal tears I must constantly stitch

For these flaws are reoccurring

Rationality blurring

Happiness burning

And I end up worrying..

What have I done?

How can I fix this?

And what has become

Of my spirit of Christmas

I can only ask forgiveness

And pledge you bear witness

To the growth of my mental fitness

And so I'll end with this:

I'm sorry..

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The room was mine

A canvas to play with.

My dark heart would shine

As we flowed through my playlist

A curated collection

A certain rhythmic flow

Where once I sought perfection

I am now I scarecrow.

Lost without a heart

For my muse has been censored.

Should have known from the start

That the belly of the beast, I have entered

These faceless corporations

With their rules and regulations

For art, they have no patience

But the fact I have to face is...

Teaching yoga doesn't pay

Financially, at least

Until of course I find a way

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I have such a blessed life

And a big parts cuzza you

These memories are sharp life a knife

I reminisce on that last year of school

Those times I miss, with young you and me

We have our own little history

How are we still together?

It's no mystery

We're birds of a feather

Flyin high together

Always laughin

Jokin' and grab ass'n

Beautiful times in the past and

Beautiful times to come

May our relationship last and

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What is it that motivates

And fascinates?

What lights your fire?

What defines your desire?

Is it your subject matter

Or the end that matters?

Suffering now for a better tomorrow

Flexing that discipline you can build but not borrow

Dreaming up a path that you can follow

Aiming like a master bowman's arrow

You fuck with that?

Listen then.

Be your own best friend

Cuz you're with You from beginning to end

So what loving message would you send

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