Wash your brain.
You have a dirty mind.
Purge yourself of other
people’s thoughts and
opinions. Think for
yourself. You don’t
need help. Look within.
That’s where you can
begin. Rewire your
brain. Establish new
connections. Challenge
recollections. Maintain
original thoughts. Stay
true to yourself. Don’t
become what is hated.
No need to be persuaded.
Wash your brain. Don’t be
brainwashed. Listen and
prosper. Speak truth; it’s
the best thing to offer.
We start walking to distant
lands. Oftentimes, we don’t
know where we will end up.
Bruised feet and hands, we
push on through thick vines
and terrain. We blaze trails
and pick a path yet to be
carved out. With each step,
we get closer to our destination.
When will we get there? There is
no estimation. We have to trust
ourselves and believe everything
will be okay. We may get stopped
in our tracks or land in quick
sand. It’s hard to get pulled out
without a helping hand. We
struggle to get out. We become
stronger each time we do. Life
can’t slow us down. We step into
the unknown tired and defeated.
We made it this far. Time to rest.
We know this break is needed.
We fight hard and do our best.
Now is the time to sit and relax.
Let’s slow the pace – find a place
to gather our thoughts. Time will
be kind to us if we stay still.
Do you ever see cats sitting on the window
pane? Just watching the rain? Hearing
planes fly across the sky? Have you
seen people do the same? Looking out
the window wishing to fly like birds
without a care in the world. Much pain
resides inside broken bodies. Sorrow
lives behind lost eyes looking for a new
tomorrow. Rain slides down aged glass
just as teardrops fall from above.
All we need is love, but we need to love
ourselves before all: before all our tears
fall and our eyes dry out. I know you
want to shout. Take a deep breath. Step
away from that window pane. Go out-
side and look from the outside looking
in. Wave to the reflection in the window
and live your dream. Fly away and live.
There is so much love for you to give.
Things we want seem so far away.
The world we envision is different
than what is real. Nothing will stay
the same. Eventually, our last breath
will blow out life’s flame. For now,
the fire burns. Heat is something
we all feel. Problems arise. They
become incommodious. Mindsets
tend to shift. In a world, so far away,
creatures play all night and day.
Unicorns frolick in tall green grass,
and sloths move really fast. Life
is what we make it. We can’t fake it
or take it for granted. Dreams leave
us perplexed. Crazy to think our minds
run when we rest. When we sleep,
we visit worlds so far away. Anthropic,
robotic, hypnotic, climatic, and erratic.
These are words that stick to our shoes
when we walk on this earth. Somewhere,
so far away, there’s a world so enchanting.
It’s our mercurial nature that changes
our vision. It’s time to find new life
inside ourselves. The spark is hidden.
Start by being yourself. Don’t fit in.
Be a character in stories unwritten.
Under control and under the influence.
So many opinions limit our growth.
It affects you and me both. Television,
music, people, and social media
influence us. It destroys trust within
ourselves. We can think on our own,
but it’s hard when we watch people
with microphones. Consumerism
eats away at what’s important.
And then we wonder where our cash
went. Advertisers sell us crap that
takes our attention away from
the baby on our lap. We need
to think this or think that. We
need to be skinny when we are
not fat. Influence is a nuisance.
It can also be positive, too. It depends
on who we look up to. At the end
of the day, don’t think or do it just
because you’re under the influence.
IN YOUR DREAMS POETRY 