Know little, impress the ignorants
Know nothing, impress the masters
Easier said than done said the ant
You have a brain, you have power
I live upon instinct, searching for food
Never alone, never stopping, just death
I have no desires, I have no mood
Yet I know the purpose of my breath
Search to impress me and I'll ignore
Every attempt that you throw
We have no need for a saviour
For there is nothing more to know
I will not stop for any reason
Searching the ground for us all
It wasn’t a collective decision
It’s who we are in this whole
Each of us born with a purpose
That we fulfill till the last hour
While you seek the unconscious
I now believe we have power
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Past, Future
A past with no beginning
A future without end
Each only existing
In the now we transcend
I have no past
That I can remember
It went too fast
Each day a number
I have no future
That I can foresee
Each day we endure
The desire to be
Rewriting the past
Having forgotten
A landscape so vast
No lessons were written
The past, the future
Already exist
Each, the pleasure
Of a second missed
A future without end
Each only existing
In the now we transcend
I have no past
That I can remember
It went too fast
Each day a number
I have no future
That I can foresee
Each day we endure
The desire to be
Rewriting the past
Having forgotten
A landscape so vast
No lessons were written
The past, the future
Already exist
Each, the pleasure
Of a second missed
Monday, September 14, 2009
Folly
There is genius in the folly of man
Because it can, it will change it all
From Anubis to the evergreen Pan
We strive since the original fall
Aren’t we fools to think we’re gods?
Proclaiming dominion over nature
For the mind we love, we laud
Forgets the vegetal that endures
Folly only is, in another’s eyes
As for me, it is the way it is
Why would you hate and deny
What your dogma can’t appease
The mind is free, as the soul knows
Such conventions can’t ever last
So yes, the self-righteous egos
Can be wrong, can be the past
Folly against this beautiful reality
Is a necessity for the true life to be
Just like a cold wind during ecstasy
We’d see it all in its clear divinity
Because it can, it will change it all
From Anubis to the evergreen Pan
We strive since the original fall
Aren’t we fools to think we’re gods?
Proclaiming dominion over nature
For the mind we love, we laud
Forgets the vegetal that endures
Folly only is, in another’s eyes
As for me, it is the way it is
Why would you hate and deny
What your dogma can’t appease
The mind is free, as the soul knows
Such conventions can’t ever last
So yes, the self-righteous egos
Can be wrong, can be the past
Folly against this beautiful reality
Is a necessity for the true life to be
Just like a cold wind during ecstasy
We’d see it all in its clear divinity
Flaw
This is a major flaw
I see you as such
I beg you, please go
Am not asking much
The devil’s not pushing
Anyone to do wrong
We’re what we’re thinking
We are that strong
No one else but me, you
Can claim responsibility
For the flaw that grew
Beyond our identity
The voice of reason
Is muffled, inaudible
An ignored lesson
We thought impossible
Thank God for our flaws
They make us human
A reasonable cause
To become brethrens
I see you as such
I beg you, please go
Am not asking much
The devil’s not pushing
Anyone to do wrong
We’re what we’re thinking
We are that strong
No one else but me, you
Can claim responsibility
For the flaw that grew
Beyond our identity
The voice of reason
Is muffled, inaudible
An ignored lesson
We thought impossible
Thank God for our flaws
They make us human
A reasonable cause
To become brethrens
7 Thoughts
7 thoughts. All at once
Of hate, of love
Of above, of below
Of a crow, of a dove
In joy, in sorrow
In rejection, in desire
Curiously, disdainfully
Thinking in, thinking out
7 thoughts. All at once
Of hate, of love
Of above, of below
Of a crow, of a dove
In joy, in sorrow
In rejection, in desire
Curiously, disdainfully
Thinking in, thinking out
7 thoughts. All at once
Risen
For all I know, I'm rising
Leaving my faults afar
Endlessly climbing
Aware of my inner star
Some say born in fault
What do they know?
Judging is an assault
On our need to grow
Far from the madness
That this reality throws
I cry for tenderness
Of the doves, the crows
As I rise, I fall higher
Each step bringing pain
Yet joy grows closer
To my heart slain
Risen he is, risen I am
Never lost, nor wandering
We journey because we can
For we are one, dreaming
Leaving my faults afar
Endlessly climbing
Aware of my inner star
Some say born in fault
What do they know?
Judging is an assault
On our need to grow
Far from the madness
That this reality throws
I cry for tenderness
Of the doves, the crows
As I rise, I fall higher
Each step bringing pain
Yet joy grows closer
To my heart slain
Risen he is, risen I am
Never lost, nor wandering
We journey because we can
For we are one, dreaming
Romantic
Down on my knee
I favour thee
None can see
What could be
Know how I feel
It can't be more real
I can't stay still
So much to reveal
It's a mistake
To want a break
Coming is the wake
A new heartache
My heart frantic
To me speak
Your lips stoic
Feels like a brick
The heart's a weight
To those who wait
Seek, seek your fate
It's never too late
I favour thee
None can see
What could be
Know how I feel
It can't be more real
I can't stay still
So much to reveal
It's a mistake
To want a break
Coming is the wake
A new heartache
My heart frantic
To me speak
Your lips stoic
Feels like a brick
The heart's a weight
To those who wait
Seek, seek your fate
It's never too late
Fire of Lie
The fire of lie consumes
All those who listen
It’s in all perfumes
In all that glistens
Yet we must succumb
To its charms eternal
To have the right sum
You need a devil, an angel
Know what you want
Remember what you say
Or your words will haunt
The remainder of your days
Is it the truth you seek?
You won’t find it here
It’s not for the weak
It’s not what it appears
It’s hidden in plain view
In the legends of old
A word can be a clue
Others will turn cold
All those who listen
It’s in all perfumes
In all that glistens
Yet we must succumb
To its charms eternal
To have the right sum
You need a devil, an angel
Know what you want
Remember what you say
Or your words will haunt
The remainder of your days
Is it the truth you seek?
You won’t find it here
It’s not for the weak
It’s not what it appears
It’s hidden in plain view
In the legends of old
A word can be a clue
Others will turn cold
Nothing More
I wait for nothing more
Than what has been given
The tree of knowing
The snow of the morning
The clouds of rain
The learning of pain
The fire of passion
The agony of reason
The heart of soul
Maybe a rice bowl
The death of life
The arrival of strife
A child to be born
An oath to be sworn
A music to be played
An opinion to be swayed
A dance to be reeled
A mind to be healed
I wait for nothing more
Than what has been given
The tree of knowing
The snow of the morning
The clouds of rain
The learning of pain
The fire of passion
The agony of reason
The heart of soul
Maybe a rice bowl
The death of life
The arrival of strife
A child to be born
An oath to be sworn
A music to be played
An opinion to be swayed
A dance to be reeled
A mind to be healed
I wait for nothing more
In The Moment
Nothing more precious
Than the moment we're in
Nothing more obvious
It’s where it all begins
The past is full of changes
The future, full of ideas
No one’s lived there for ages
Deep in dogma, in dramas
You can’t stay in the moment
It’s not ours to hold, to keep
See it without being absent
Seed what you want to reap
It’s all so fleeting, yet connected
As a movie we can’t rewind
Where each scene’s uncharted
Each actor, left behind
Yet in the moment is all there is
Nothing dramatic, nothing religious
We step into each second with ease
Ah, to be free, to never be cautious
Than the moment we're in
Nothing more obvious
It’s where it all begins
The past is full of changes
The future, full of ideas
No one’s lived there for ages
Deep in dogma, in dramas
You can’t stay in the moment
It’s not ours to hold, to keep
See it without being absent
Seed what you want to reap
It’s all so fleeting, yet connected
As a movie we can’t rewind
Where each scene’s uncharted
Each actor, left behind
Yet in the moment is all there is
Nothing dramatic, nothing religious
We step into each second with ease
Ah, to be free, to never be cautious
Friday, August 21, 2009
Qualities
I have four qualities
Some of them even good
They are my destiny
They’re my priesthood
The words of a poet
With something to say
Putting life in bracket
To lead you astray
The rage of a warrior
Deep within my soul
The hate of a saviour
Ready to slay, control
The lust of a satyr
Lost in all pleasures
The now’s my attire
A religion of doers
Thinking like a wise man
As I know good and evil
Teaching like the pan
To those who seek an angel
Some of them even good
They are my destiny
They’re my priesthood
The words of a poet
With something to say
Putting life in bracket
To lead you astray
The rage of a warrior
Deep within my soul
The hate of a saviour
Ready to slay, control
The lust of a satyr
Lost in all pleasures
The now’s my attire
A religion of doers
Thinking like a wise man
As I know good and evil
Teaching like the pan
To those who seek an angel
Night of Four Moons
It was a night like none had seen
Dark, bright, fours moons appeared
The earth shook, reversed its mean
Yet, nothing was to be feared
Valleys turned into mountains
Mountains became lakes
Rivers exploded into fountains
Tropics saw their first snowflake
Time stood, we lived it all
In the change but not of it
Bystanders of the fall
It was done, complete
No one died, no one lived
It seemed but a long dream
Was it true? Did I believe?
Wasn’t it a bit extreme?
In the night of the four moons
We evolved beyond passion
All finally with others in tune
Eternally back into reason
Dark, bright, fours moons appeared
The earth shook, reversed its mean
Yet, nothing was to be feared
Valleys turned into mountains
Mountains became lakes
Rivers exploded into fountains
Tropics saw their first snowflake
Time stood, we lived it all
In the change but not of it
Bystanders of the fall
It was done, complete
No one died, no one lived
It seemed but a long dream
Was it true? Did I believe?
Wasn’t it a bit extreme?
In the night of the four moons
We evolved beyond passion
All finally with others in tune
Eternally back into reason
Noise
It's all noise to me
The words you use
It is but my reality
Yet mine to abuse
It's all noise to me
Each silly excuse
Can’t I see
The life I refuse
It's all noise to me
Sentences so grand
All seem to agree
To my will they bend
It's all noise to me
The songs I cry
I seem carefree
Yet ready to die
It's all noise to me
It’s my voice I hear
I can’t say goodbye
For I am so clear
The words you use
It is but my reality
Yet mine to abuse
It's all noise to me
Each silly excuse
Can’t I see
The life I refuse
It's all noise to me
Sentences so grand
All seem to agree
To my will they bend
It's all noise to me
The songs I cry
I seem carefree
Yet ready to die
It's all noise to me
It’s my voice I hear
I can’t say goodbye
For I am so clear
Affected
Every death
Every birth
Affects me
Defines me
Every cycle
Every one-off
Takes me
Ignores me
Every start
Every stop
Pushes me
Pulls me
Every morning
Every evening
Wakes me
Tires me
Every word
Every sentence
Teaches me
Confuses me
Every birth
Affects me
Defines me
Every cycle
Every one-off
Takes me
Ignores me
Every start
Every stop
Pushes me
Pulls me
Every morning
Every evening
Wakes me
Tires me
Every word
Every sentence
Teaches me
Confuses me
So Much to Learn
We have so much to learn
About the bees, the Gods
Oh, kind so stubborn
Why aren’t we awed?
Simple and complicated
This illusion appears so
Yet it should be so feted
For the beauty of the show
We must know it all
To survive such danger
For neither birth nor fall
Seems to make us better
To know, to be wise
Can never be a privilege
For all truths, all lies
Are our only real college
Much to learn we must
Yet all is already in us
Your faith is therefore just
Regardless of the fuss
About the bees, the Gods
Oh, kind so stubborn
Why aren’t we awed?
Simple and complicated
This illusion appears so
Yet it should be so feted
For the beauty of the show
We must know it all
To survive such danger
For neither birth nor fall
Seems to make us better
To know, to be wise
Can never be a privilege
For all truths, all lies
Are our only real college
Much to learn we must
Yet all is already in us
Your faith is therefore just
Regardless of the fuss
Not All
Not all that is out of the past
Makes sense in the present
Some we better forget fast
Others is simply too brilliant
Nothing has disappeared
It is still here, in our stories
All to always be revered
For its wisdom each carries
Not all that is in the future
Is really worth suffering for
Some of it we can endure
Most of it we should ignore
So there is the present
The only gift forever
A tail eater serpent
Teaching us laughter
History keeps all heroes
For us to enjoy, to cry
For God only knows
How we will all die
Makes sense in the present
Some we better forget fast
Others is simply too brilliant
Nothing has disappeared
It is still here, in our stories
All to always be revered
For its wisdom each carries
Not all that is in the future
Is really worth suffering for
Some of it we can endure
Most of it we should ignore
So there is the present
The only gift forever
A tail eater serpent
Teaching us laughter
History keeps all heroes
For us to enjoy, to cry
For God only knows
How we will all die
No Condolences
No condolences please
Life truly just happen
Be at peace, at ease
Life need not be beaten
It wasn't your fault
We are bystanders
Life comes to a halt
Yet we are its actors
Do not express regrets
It shows little understanding
You must never forget
That all keep on living
Cry if you must, a right
It’ll make you feel better
It’s for your own light
Afraid of your coming hour
No condolences please
It is time to move on
One of many stories
Who’ll never be gone
Life truly just happen
Be at peace, at ease
Life need not be beaten
It wasn't your fault
We are bystanders
Life comes to a halt
Yet we are its actors
Do not express regrets
It shows little understanding
You must never forget
That all keep on living
Cry if you must, a right
It’ll make you feel better
It’s for your own light
Afraid of your coming hour
No condolences please
It is time to move on
One of many stories
Who’ll never be gone
Exceptions
Exceptions define us
They fascinate, enthrall
Like a divine chorus
No one’s ever normal
It’s in each difference
That the world thrives
It is not by chance
It’s how we survive
We are independent
Tough individuals
We’re all brilliant
Almost all equals
Born to make a mark
We chose our destiny
Based on a gift, a spark
An ability to shape reality
Yet a separation exist
When such exceptions
Forces us to persist
Against one direction
They fascinate, enthrall
Like a divine chorus
No one’s ever normal
It’s in each difference
That the world thrives
It is not by chance
It’s how we survive
We are independent
Tough individuals
We’re all brilliant
Almost all equals
Born to make a mark
We chose our destiny
Based on a gift, a spark
An ability to shape reality
Yet a separation exist
When such exceptions
Forces us to persist
Against one direction
A Craft
To be gifted with a craft
Is the ultimate passion
None have laughed
At he with a reason
In hands or in the mind
A skill can set you free
To mold, to not be confined
To an alternative reality
Achieve what others
Can only dream of
Be a standard bearer
Ignore those who scoff
Learn it now, learn it later
But learn how to create
Take a minute, an hour
Make it your own fate
It is ever worthwhile
To achieve mastery
And live in the style
Of the best in History
Is the ultimate passion
None have laughed
At he with a reason
In hands or in the mind
A skill can set you free
To mold, to not be confined
To an alternative reality
Achieve what others
Can only dream of
Be a standard bearer
Ignore those who scoff
Learn it now, learn it later
But learn how to create
Take a minute, an hour
Make it your own fate
It is ever worthwhile
To achieve mastery
And live in the style
Of the best in History
Am I Wrong?
Am I wrong to want to be right?
Though I know I won’t always be
It is the search that in me ignites
A sense of the right way to see
Yet to be wrong is a gift divine
To be aware of wisdom unattained
For each step will help refine
A thinking finally unchained
Right and wrong we all are
As we balance in the shade
Of a knowledge without par
An essence of which we’re made
We spend our days finding
What is right, what is wrong
Unaware of the wise man hiding
Deep inside what is but a song
I’m not wrong to seek to be right
It is my sworn duty, my privilege
No one else can take my fight
Each must create its own language
Though I know I won’t always be
It is the search that in me ignites
A sense of the right way to see
Yet to be wrong is a gift divine
To be aware of wisdom unattained
For each step will help refine
A thinking finally unchained
Right and wrong we all are
As we balance in the shade
Of a knowledge without par
An essence of which we’re made
We spend our days finding
What is right, what is wrong
Unaware of the wise man hiding
Deep inside what is but a song
I’m not wrong to seek to be right
It is my sworn duty, my privilege
No one else can take my fight
Each must create its own language
Friday, July 31, 2009
Out of Nothing, Into Nothing
Out of nothing, into nothing
There is hope in this message
For it is there that we’ll be asking
Is this wisdom or a presage?
Out of nothing we come
As if we could know
It’s the key to a kingdom
That a few souls foresaw
Into nothing we go
A rather empty promise
For a better morrow
Full of joy and bliss
Yet between the two
Stand a now eternal
Where nothing is due
To be carnal, spiritual
We come from a place
That we’ll return into
Choose evil or grace
For both are so true
There is hope in this message
For it is there that we’ll be asking
Is this wisdom or a presage?
Out of nothing we come
As if we could know
It’s the key to a kingdom
That a few souls foresaw
Into nothing we go
A rather empty promise
For a better morrow
Full of joy and bliss
Yet between the two
Stand a now eternal
Where nothing is due
To be carnal, spiritual
We come from a place
That we’ll return into
Choose evil or grace
For both are so true
As Shadows Cast
As shadows cast their wisdom
Unto this unforgiving light
The flowers mature, blossom
Ready to make everything right
In this world of light and night
Our shadows are reminders
That to achieve eternal delight
We need not to find an answer
We are light, we are darkness
We are not good, we are not bad
We choose our own weakness
We can be happy or truly sad
The shadows do not speak
Yet they mark a certain path
They are part of our mystique
Giving us a darker advice
If we stand under the sun
Apart for one another
Our shadows just run
To connect with its brothers
Unto this unforgiving light
The flowers mature, blossom
Ready to make everything right
In this world of light and night
Our shadows are reminders
That to achieve eternal delight
We need not to find an answer
We are light, we are darkness
We are not good, we are not bad
We choose our own weakness
We can be happy or truly sad
The shadows do not speak
Yet they mark a certain path
They are part of our mystique
Giving us a darker advice
If we stand under the sun
Apart for one another
Our shadows just run
To connect with its brothers
Behind a Smile
What's behind a smile
A pain immeasurable
We have joy for a while
In this world so unstable
It’s a mask to avoid pity
As we prefer to be alone
When it comes to our reality
We know what we’ve sown
But to you, I say safely
I’m happy, even elated
You smile, you agree
We’re not yet defeated
Everyday, we balance
Between love and hate
Giving a voice to silence
Giving orders to fate
Behind a smile, I’m alive
Burning in a hellish paradise
I’ll do anything to survive
Knowing that I pay the price
A pain immeasurable
We have joy for a while
In this world so unstable
It’s a mask to avoid pity
As we prefer to be alone
When it comes to our reality
We know what we’ve sown
But to you, I say safely
I’m happy, even elated
You smile, you agree
We’re not yet defeated
Everyday, we balance
Between love and hate
Giving a voice to silence
Giving orders to fate
Behind a smile, I’m alive
Burning in a hellish paradise
I’ll do anything to survive
Knowing that I pay the price
Swept With Violence
Swept with violence
My mind fights back
Searching a balance
That none can attack
Peacefulness is a myth
For we strive in extreme
What evil lies beneath
This potent insane dream
Blessed with a choice
We define who we are
We cry, even rejoice
Just a star with a scar
Searching for harmony
As we fall among ideas
Each true to his own story
Lost into an eternal drama
I’m swept with violence
In every thought, action
Burning with brilliance
I have no reason
My mind fights back
Searching a balance
That none can attack
Peacefulness is a myth
For we strive in extreme
What evil lies beneath
This potent insane dream
Blessed with a choice
We define who we are
We cry, even rejoice
Just a star with a scar
Searching for harmony
As we fall among ideas
Each true to his own story
Lost into an eternal drama
I’m swept with violence
In every thought, action
Burning with brilliance
I have no reason
A Thousand Windows
A thousand windows
In a thousand worlds
Who on earth knows
What had been hurled
Through each, a face
All of us as one, peaking
At the future of our race
Claiming foul, blaming
An unbalanced word
Closes just another
Now, looking inward
Cursing that hour
While its opposite
Brings about a smile
Pushes the limit
But just for a while
A thousands windows
Must stay open always
So that everyone knows
We are life set ablaze
In a thousand worlds
Who on earth knows
What had been hurled
Through each, a face
All of us as one, peaking
At the future of our race
Claiming foul, blaming
An unbalanced word
Closes just another
Now, looking inward
Cursing that hour
While its opposite
Brings about a smile
Pushes the limit
But just for a while
A thousands windows
Must stay open always
So that everyone knows
We are life set ablaze
Needed To Learn
What I needed to learn, no one taught me
I bit the hell out of books and tested it all
Daily, I wrote a page of my destiny
What I truly believe in can make me whole
Some taught me what I didn't need to learn
Others, strangers it seems, did the opposite
A few showed me the world I could earn
If to their self-righteous will, I could only submit
Yet in everyone I met, wisdom was imparted
Often against my will, but always to my benefit
I can only wish, with all the words I chanted
Some touched you and felt truly sweet
As you learn constantly without prejudice
You can fail and move on without a scratch
Finally aware of the true meaning of peace
You find life fascinating, finally able to detach
I’ll never know everything, learning’s not over
It is path that I can’t move away from
It’s addictive to want to become better
Yet the journey, not the end, makes you calm
I bit the hell out of books and tested it all
Daily, I wrote a page of my destiny
What I truly believe in can make me whole
Some taught me what I didn't need to learn
Others, strangers it seems, did the opposite
A few showed me the world I could earn
If to their self-righteous will, I could only submit
Yet in everyone I met, wisdom was imparted
Often against my will, but always to my benefit
I can only wish, with all the words I chanted
Some touched you and felt truly sweet
As you learn constantly without prejudice
You can fail and move on without a scratch
Finally aware of the true meaning of peace
You find life fascinating, finally able to detach
I’ll never know everything, learning’s not over
It is path that I can’t move away from
It’s addictive to want to become better
Yet the journey, not the end, makes you calm
Oh, Pompeii
Oh, Pompeii, my love buried
You’ll know not my pain
Why do I alone bleed?
As you died under the rain
Oh, your street bleached by the sun
Will never see the light of day
As that God will take another run
You’ll freeze in eternal dismay
Oh, do I long to see you again
Why did I leave to cross the bay?
I was truly happy, especially then
For I knew I’d be back your way
Oh, to be wrong without forgiveness
A punishment stronger that hate
My lame words, I can only confess
Describe my haste to join your fate
Oh, Pompeii, so imperfect
You were the right bride
I’ll be your eternal subject
A wanderer without pride
You’ll know not my pain
Why do I alone bleed?
As you died under the rain
Oh, your street bleached by the sun
Will never see the light of day
As that God will take another run
You’ll freeze in eternal dismay
Oh, do I long to see you again
Why did I leave to cross the bay?
I was truly happy, especially then
For I knew I’d be back your way
Oh, to be wrong without forgiveness
A punishment stronger that hate
My lame words, I can only confess
Describe my haste to join your fate
Oh, Pompeii, so imperfect
You were the right bride
I’ll be your eternal subject
A wanderer without pride
Too Long
You’ve waited too long
Afraid to be so wrong
She will never know
That you loved her so
Is this the love you want?
Unclaimed, to forever haunt
Your tortured soul, sadly
Who needs such a reality?
It is much better to fail
Than to hide behind a veil
Of excuses and reasons
Every single one a treason
Be bold and claim your due
To your heart, just be true
It is your birthright to love
A gift from the Gods above
Time matters very little
Go forth, propose, hustle
Tell her your dreams
Let her your heart redeem
Afraid to be so wrong
She will never know
That you loved her so
Is this the love you want?
Unclaimed, to forever haunt
Your tortured soul, sadly
Who needs such a reality?
It is much better to fail
Than to hide behind a veil
Of excuses and reasons
Every single one a treason
Be bold and claim your due
To your heart, just be true
It is your birthright to love
A gift from the Gods above
Time matters very little
Go forth, propose, hustle
Tell her your dreams
Let her your heart redeem
No One's Coming
No one's coming to rescue you
It's up to you to find your way
To let your soul die anew
Even let your mind go astray
Are you lost on the right path?
Or going fast on the wrong road
Did you start it out of wrath?
Or fell into what you’d sowed
Seek not another’s views
You followed a different river
Both of you will be confused
You own your own answer
Search or wait if you must
Do not lose sight of reality
There’s no one you can trust
To take care of your destiny
Everything is a choice
Even the state you’re in
Even if it’s bad, rejoice
For no one is coming
It's up to you to find your way
To let your soul die anew
Even let your mind go astray
Are you lost on the right path?
Or going fast on the wrong road
Did you start it out of wrath?
Or fell into what you’d sowed
Seek not another’s views
You followed a different river
Both of you will be confused
You own your own answer
Search or wait if you must
Do not lose sight of reality
There’s no one you can trust
To take care of your destiny
Everything is a choice
Even the state you’re in
Even if it’s bad, rejoice
For no one is coming
Forever Lost
A fleeting idea passing through
Unrecorded and so, lost forever
There is nothing you can do
It wasn’t its time to make us better
All ideas are funny that way
Claiming dominion on their time
Only when we’re ready to play
Waiting till then for the right clime
Even stranger, you can save it
Publish it, tell everyone, scream it
No mind will register nor benefit
For the time it came didn’t fit
Since the beginning of time
Ideas have been expressed
Some are still in their prime
Others, have been put to rest
For those we were not ready for
They wait for us all to mature
Then they’ll be brought to the fore
Through a poem in itself so pure
Unrecorded and so, lost forever
There is nothing you can do
It wasn’t its time to make us better
All ideas are funny that way
Claiming dominion on their time
Only when we’re ready to play
Waiting till then for the right clime
Even stranger, you can save it
Publish it, tell everyone, scream it
No mind will register nor benefit
For the time it came didn’t fit
Since the beginning of time
Ideas have been expressed
Some are still in their prime
Others, have been put to rest
For those we were not ready for
They wait for us all to mature
Then they’ll be brought to the fore
Through a poem in itself so pure
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Don't
Don't leave me alone
I might not like myself
I'm stranger of my own
With no sense of self
This is not a testament
To an insane dependence
It's just when you're absent
I can feel your presence
I can stand on my own
I've been there before
But now that I've known
I simply want more
It's with you that I'm alive
That I feel for tomorrow
That I push, that I strive
To be your true hero
Two souls, one purpose
Entangled eternally
In the dance of the rose
Oblivious to finality
I might not like myself
I'm stranger of my own
With no sense of self
This is not a testament
To an insane dependence
It's just when you're absent
I can feel your presence
I can stand on my own
I've been there before
But now that I've known
I simply want more
It's with you that I'm alive
That I feel for tomorrow
That I push, that I strive
To be your true hero
Two souls, one purpose
Entangled eternally
In the dance of the rose
Oblivious to finality
A Song in the Morning
A song in the morning
I pray, I beg of you
A few words that ring
As the day becomes anew
A rhythm, a note, a voice
It's all it takes to be free
After that, it's all a choice
Though it's time to boogie
As you sing, life disappears
Your pains are left behind
They might even reappear
But not before you unwind
So sing till you can no more
Then sing one last song
Till you finally find the cure
To all that's gone wrong
Life is but a melody
We, the singers
A musical reality
Born in laughter
I pray, I beg of you
A few words that ring
As the day becomes anew
A rhythm, a note, a voice
It's all it takes to be free
After that, it's all a choice
Though it's time to boogie
As you sing, life disappears
Your pains are left behind
They might even reappear
But not before you unwind
So sing till you can no more
Then sing one last song
Till you finally find the cure
To all that's gone wrong
Life is but a melody
We, the singers
A musical reality
Born in laughter
A Sinner's Joy
Can a sinner experience joy?
At least for a moment it seems
The pleasure of the flesh destroy
Every fantasy, even all our dreams
Yet to sin is forever tempting
We were designed to succumb
To a life forever ending
In the pleasure of the tomb
We reveal ourselves in sin
Our hidden thoughts arise
The without is the within
We are one in disguise
The righteous will claim foul
To the idea that we could enjoy
What comes from our bowels
Where pleasure is but a toy
Yet a sinner's joy is in the mind
A star storm triggers ecstasy
And if you are so ever inclined
Join us in our sinful humanity
At least for a moment it seems
The pleasure of the flesh destroy
Every fantasy, even all our dreams
Yet to sin is forever tempting
We were designed to succumb
To a life forever ending
In the pleasure of the tomb
We reveal ourselves in sin
Our hidden thoughts arise
The without is the within
We are one in disguise
The righteous will claim foul
To the idea that we could enjoy
What comes from our bowels
Where pleasure is but a toy
Yet a sinner's joy is in the mind
A star storm triggers ecstasy
And if you are so ever inclined
Join us in our sinful humanity
Many Paths
Many paths lead to the same end
As many Gods will give you advice
Some even promising you'll ascend
Into heaven, if you pay the price
Many paths bring me to you
No matter how lost I am
There is nothing I can do
We're pawns in this scam
Many paths take me away
Tempted by every crossroads
It's like an indecent foreplay
As I listen to the devil's code
Many paths lead to nowhere
Existing in my mind only
To be Frank, it's not fair
It's not even my name, really
Many paths are but circles
Leading back to their start
It's like an endless cycle
As we're never far apart
As many Gods will give you advice
Some even promising you'll ascend
Into heaven, if you pay the price
Many paths bring me to you
No matter how lost I am
There is nothing I can do
We're pawns in this scam
Many paths take me away
Tempted by every crossroads
It's like an indecent foreplay
As I listen to the devil's code
Many paths lead to nowhere
Existing in my mind only
To be Frank, it's not fair
It's not even my name, really
Many paths are but circles
Leading back to their start
It's like an endless cycle
As we're never far apart
Bruises & Scars
Bruises worn with pride
Scars, badges of pain
There's no point to hide
It doesn't always rain
Each a proof you're alive
Ready to fight, to act
Against odds, you thrive
Always in full contact
Taking risk in your hands
A choice to never be bland
At home, in different lands
At least once, to be grand
Some will fade, others eternal
A right of passage for the brave
Each impact your seeking soul
They'll join you in the grave
Marking the episodes
Of a day full, beautiful
This is your code
A need to rule
Scars, badges of pain
There's no point to hide
It doesn't always rain
Each a proof you're alive
Ready to fight, to act
Against odds, you thrive
Always in full contact
Taking risk in your hands
A choice to never be bland
At home, in different lands
At least once, to be grand
Some will fade, others eternal
A right of passage for the brave
Each impact your seeking soul
They'll join you in the grave
Marking the episodes
Of a day full, beautiful
This is your code
A need to rule
We Know
We know it all, so we think
At an early age it seems
As life passes in a blink
We loose that insipid dream
Mankind aims to be better
Yet looses what it once knew
At the whims of a pope, a Caesar
We forget what once was true
To know that we know nothing
Is pop psychology at its best
We know a little something
On that we build the rest
Strangely, knowledge is immutable
What was once known, still exists
It needs to be found by the able
Those capable of following the twists
So what you know is just that
You may seek more at all times
Stay ignorant, it's your right
Do not complain at nighttime
At an early age it seems
As life passes in a blink
We loose that insipid dream
Mankind aims to be better
Yet looses what it once knew
At the whims of a pope, a Caesar
We forget what once was true
To know that we know nothing
Is pop psychology at its best
We know a little something
On that we build the rest
Strangely, knowledge is immutable
What was once known, still exists
It needs to be found by the able
Those capable of following the twists
So what you know is just that
You may seek more at all times
Stay ignorant, it's your right
Do not complain at nighttime
Lost Friends
We loose friends from time to time
We don't know where we've put them
One second, we're playing till past nine
The next, we can't remember their name
It was a joy to know them, sadness to not
We might meet again along a different path
Exchange memories of the battle we fought
Then move on, enter our own impasse
For those moment we shared, I cry alone
I knew not then what they were, what they are
They are my life condensed to the bone
It was I, it was they, life's so bizarre
Everyday was an experience, a test
Decisions taken with little thoughts
We were alive, no time to rest
Running across time's empty lots
We were friends, we'll stay that way
Time is nothing in this equation
We talked then, we have more to say
Friendship is eternal, always in motion
We don't know where we've put them
One second, we're playing till past nine
The next, we can't remember their name
It was a joy to know them, sadness to not
We might meet again along a different path
Exchange memories of the battle we fought
Then move on, enter our own impasse
For those moment we shared, I cry alone
I knew not then what they were, what they are
They are my life condensed to the bone
It was I, it was they, life's so bizarre
Everyday was an experience, a test
Decisions taken with little thoughts
We were alive, no time to rest
Running across time's empty lots
We were friends, we'll stay that way
Time is nothing in this equation
We talked then, we have more to say
Friendship is eternal, always in motion
Life's Crime
A life not lived is a crime
Against all who've fought
To make it ever so sublime
By the same simple thought
Aware every single second
To live, you must be alive
Always able to respond
To never stop, never arrive
Making a mistake is a present
Given to a perfect yet restless soul
To grow, declare your talent
To a lost world without a role
Claim this birthright so ancient
That no one knows its origin
Why do seek the coiled serpent?
Couldn't we live the earth virgin?
We are who we are because we can
A life not lived is a sad testament
To a creator who made us free-men
So we could become brilliant
Against all who've fought
To make it ever so sublime
By the same simple thought
Aware every single second
To live, you must be alive
Always able to respond
To never stop, never arrive
Making a mistake is a present
Given to a perfect yet restless soul
To grow, declare your talent
To a lost world without a role
Claim this birthright so ancient
That no one knows its origin
Why do seek the coiled serpent?
Couldn't we live the earth virgin?
We are who we are because we can
A life not lived is a sad testament
To a creator who made us free-men
So we could become brilliant
Wait No Longer
Wait no longer, choose your path
Select the role you want to play
Stomp on the forbidden grass
Ignore those who decide your way
There is nothing you need to wait for
It's already all in your heart, your soul
Needing to just let it come to the fore
Do not fight what makes you whole
The more you wait, the harder life is
As you do what you weren't meant for
Your suffering comes with relative ease
As you forget the child you were before
Waiting serves no one, it's for the weak
Time never comes back, it moves on
Should you choose to be unique
Regrets and fear will all be gone
Wait no longer, claim your heritage
For everyone that made a mark
Is your ancestor in this voyage
It is now time for you to embark
Select the role you want to play
Stomp on the forbidden grass
Ignore those who decide your way
There is nothing you need to wait for
It's already all in your heart, your soul
Needing to just let it come to the fore
Do not fight what makes you whole
The more you wait, the harder life is
As you do what you weren't meant for
Your suffering comes with relative ease
As you forget the child you were before
Waiting serves no one, it's for the weak
Time never comes back, it moves on
Should you choose to be unique
Regrets and fear will all be gone
Wait no longer, claim your heritage
For everyone that made a mark
Is your ancestor in this voyage
It is now time for you to embark
To Be Loved
To let yourself be loved is hard
It's easier to love without rewards
For to accept another's regard
You must let down your guard
You must let the other see you
As you are, without being uneasy
Your faults will be in plain view
Yet you'll be followed blindly
Of another's love, you are worthy
It doesn't matter who you are
It is one of life's greatest mystery
Someone sees your star
You might be seeking such road
Or following a preset destiny
Along the way, life will explode
Taking you away from reality
To be loved is a gift eternal
Yet so few of us can accept it
For it's a fire so harsh, so final
No one knows if we are fit
It's easier to love without rewards
For to accept another's regard
You must let down your guard
You must let the other see you
As you are, without being uneasy
Your faults will be in plain view
Yet you'll be followed blindly
Of another's love, you are worthy
It doesn't matter who you are
It is one of life's greatest mystery
Someone sees your star
You might be seeking such road
Or following a preset destiny
Along the way, life will explode
Taking you away from reality
To be loved is a gift eternal
Yet so few of us can accept it
For it's a fire so harsh, so final
No one knows if we are fit
Sunday, May 31, 2009
A Son
A son’s always born noble
No matter his ancestry
Need not to prove he’s able
To anyone but he
Live not through your son
It is not his destiny
Achieve your own union
Claim your destiny
Let him develop at will
Create and destroy
Though you can instill
The will to learn, to joy
Guide, never direct
Show the end, not how
Let him stand erect
And experience his now
A son reports to none
But his soul ever perfect
Just as you had done
So give him respect
No matter his ancestry
Need not to prove he’s able
To anyone but he
Live not through your son
It is not his destiny
Achieve your own union
Claim your destiny
Let him develop at will
Create and destroy
Though you can instill
The will to learn, to joy
Guide, never direct
Show the end, not how
Let him stand erect
And experience his now
A son reports to none
But his soul ever perfect
Just as you had done
So give him respect
For the first time
For the first time
I wouldn't miss this
The endless grime
The eternal beauty
Magic in everything
In pain and sorrow
Doing the right thing
Standing in a shadow
Being awed always
Jaded beyond repair
Setting a heart ablaze
Freezing in despair
In each first time
We know reality
Feeling the sublime
Even in the nasty
Everything’s a first
Nothing’s repeated
Keep your thirst
It can’t be defeated
I wouldn't miss this
The endless grime
The eternal beauty
Magic in everything
In pain and sorrow
Doing the right thing
Standing in a shadow
Being awed always
Jaded beyond repair
Setting a heart ablaze
Freezing in despair
In each first time
We know reality
Feeling the sublime
Even in the nasty
Everything’s a first
Nothing’s repeated
Keep your thirst
It can’t be defeated
No Certainty
There is no certainty
For sure, not even death
As we are, but truly
Sons of our faiths
Yet we speak surely
As we know it all
Giving ever so freely
What we can’t recall
Tomorrow will come
Even we’re not here
Yet we can’t fathom
It actually disappears
We’re certain we’re right
We own the right thinking
So we argue, start to fight
Finding solace in forgiving
There is no certainty
Though we claim to differ
We think ever so passively
Choosing another’s answer
For sure, not even death
As we are, but truly
Sons of our faiths
Yet we speak surely
As we know it all
Giving ever so freely
What we can’t recall
Tomorrow will come
Even we’re not here
Yet we can’t fathom
It actually disappears
We’re certain we’re right
We own the right thinking
So we argue, start to fight
Finding solace in forgiving
There is no certainty
Though we claim to differ
We think ever so passively
Choosing another’s answer
Senseless words
Sitting all afternoon
Talking about nothing
Doing it again soon
This is true living
Senseless banter
With no purpose
But to enjoy an hour
Without any fuss
Wasted away today
Gone tomorrow
No creation, no decay
No joy, no sorrow
Speaking endlessly
With no other reason
To enjoy effortlessly
Each other’s passion
Senseless words
Mean nothing
Yet we’re wizards
Of never ending
Talking about nothing
Doing it again soon
This is true living
Senseless banter
With no purpose
But to enjoy an hour
Without any fuss
Wasted away today
Gone tomorrow
No creation, no decay
No joy, no sorrow
Speaking endlessly
With no other reason
To enjoy effortlessly
Each other’s passion
Senseless words
Mean nothing
Yet we’re wizards
Of never ending
Absence
Death doesn't exist says the mystic
Yet we feel the pain of absence
Every second so much more realistic
How can we be without that essence?
As long as we live on this side
We'll know the power of distress
Here, there is so much to hide
Everyday we feel a little less
Love in your absence goes away
Cruelly, little by little, day by day
Nothing we do can make it stay
Yet, somehow, we’ll be ok
We’ll remember joy and pain
Aware that we were in love
That feeling we can’t explain
Will disappear here and above
It is true, love cannot exist
Yet we claim it to be eternal
Only the pain will persist
As your absence is final
Yet we feel the pain of absence
Every second so much more realistic
How can we be without that essence?
As long as we live on this side
We'll know the power of distress
Here, there is so much to hide
Everyday we feel a little less
Love in your absence goes away
Cruelly, little by little, day by day
Nothing we do can make it stay
Yet, somehow, we’ll be ok
We’ll remember joy and pain
Aware that we were in love
That feeling we can’t explain
Will disappear here and above
It is true, love cannot exist
Yet we claim it to be eternal
Only the pain will persist
As your absence is final
A Sign
Whether waiting for a sign
Or deciding your fate
The two forever divine
Life you can never negate
A sign means nothing
If you’re not ready to see
That life’s only meaning
Is to give your all freely
What is written in the stars
Is drawn from your blood
You’d be going very far
If you knew what you’ve got
Signs are everywhere
Waiting for interpretation
You just need to be aware
Of being in this union
Listen to the sound eternal
Watch the light so bright
Touch a life so fragile
Smell your birthright
Signs develop subtly
From dawn to sunset
Some clear, others blurry
Watch, never forget
Or deciding your fate
The two forever divine
Life you can never negate
A sign means nothing
If you’re not ready to see
That life’s only meaning
Is to give your all freely
What is written in the stars
Is drawn from your blood
You’d be going very far
If you knew what you’ve got
Signs are everywhere
Waiting for interpretation
You just need to be aware
Of being in this union
Listen to the sound eternal
Watch the light so bright
Touch a life so fragile
Smell your birthright
Signs develop subtly
From dawn to sunset
Some clear, others blurry
Watch, never forget
Life's Though
Oh little one, so pure, so brave
To prepare you for life's challenge
We should deny you the love you crave
Yet we must give it, we can't change
Life is though you see, even scary
You'll face dangers of all kinds
A friend will turn in an enemy
Others will pretend, rob you blind
Not even death should scare you
As you learn life's endless mysteries
Wisdom written in everything you do
Stamped in nature for all eternity
Listen to the wind speak his mind
Let the fire burn your passions
Rest on the earth, let your soul unwind
Drink from its source beyond reason
Trust others but don't be fooled
Listen much and speak often
Obey sometimes, never be ruled
See God everywhere, have fun
To prepare you for life's challenge
We should deny you the love you crave
Yet we must give it, we can't change
Life is though you see, even scary
You'll face dangers of all kinds
A friend will turn in an enemy
Others will pretend, rob you blind
Not even death should scare you
As you learn life's endless mysteries
Wisdom written in everything you do
Stamped in nature for all eternity
Listen to the wind speak his mind
Let the fire burn your passions
Rest on the earth, let your soul unwind
Drink from its source beyond reason
Trust others but don't be fooled
Listen much and speak often
Obey sometimes, never be ruled
See God everywhere, have fun
Self-righteous
How wonderful it is
To be on truth's side
Life comes with ease
With 'nothing' to hide
How many self-righteous
Have sinned and hidden
Some are even famous
In their role God given
Convinced without doubt
In the truth of their words
Their thoughts they tout
Covering others in turds
The self-righteous denies
Our right to think freely
Seeing dissent as unwise
Theirs is the only reality
None of us should judge
One with a different opinion
We should focus that urge
On knowing our mansion
To be on truth's side
Life comes with ease
With 'nothing' to hide
How many self-righteous
Have sinned and hidden
Some are even famous
In their role God given
Convinced without doubt
In the truth of their words
Their thoughts they tout
Covering others in turds
The self-righteous denies
Our right to think freely
Seeing dissent as unwise
Theirs is the only reality
None of us should judge
One with a different opinion
We should focus that urge
On knowing our mansion
No Longer
Unable to appreciate the moment
Preferring the past, even the future
Finding no solace, becoming distant
Each second is a pain to endure
Unwilling to love, to get angry
Afraid to hurt, scared of being so
Yet enjoying the fragile reality
That in being alone, you can grow
Unafraid of staying forever silent
Letting my opinions disintegrate
Living life with no one's agreement
Finding joy without entering the gate
Unsoiled by another's frailty
I see mine without judgment
Praising the same reality
That made me so reluctant
No longer the fruit of another tree
I create my own forest sublime
Eliminating the moment to be free
Living all seconds at the same time
Preferring the past, even the future
Finding no solace, becoming distant
Each second is a pain to endure
Unwilling to love, to get angry
Afraid to hurt, scared of being so
Yet enjoying the fragile reality
That in being alone, you can grow
Unafraid of staying forever silent
Letting my opinions disintegrate
Living life with no one's agreement
Finding joy without entering the gate
Unsoiled by another's frailty
I see mine without judgment
Praising the same reality
That made me so reluctant
No longer the fruit of another tree
I create my own forest sublime
Eliminating the moment to be free
Living all seconds at the same time
Descent
I had my descent into hell
And it was good, fulfilling
I found something to sell
That was never ending
There was everyone I knew
It felt like coming home
It was finally all so true
I would never be alone
Some had been there so long
They'd forgotten everything
There, nothing was wrong
That truth was appealing
I'd still be there I believe
If not for his intervention
To belong here you must believe
As it is beyond any reason
This was a dream, not a reality
I had to face this painfully
Hell only exist in our destiny
When we imagine it faithfully
And it was good, fulfilling
I found something to sell
That was never ending
There was everyone I knew
It felt like coming home
It was finally all so true
I would never be alone
Some had been there so long
They'd forgotten everything
There, nothing was wrong
That truth was appealing
I'd still be there I believe
If not for his intervention
To belong here you must believe
As it is beyond any reason
This was a dream, not a reality
I had to face this painfully
Hell only exist in our destiny
When we imagine it faithfully
Thursday, April 30, 2009
In its Absence
In the absence of truth, we have humour
Here lies another eternal irony
For in humour, rests the truth’s odour
As we laughs, recognising its verity
This is not a poor substitution
It’s its essence distillated in words
With faces, sounds or actions
To laugh is the way only forward
Truths is not always present
We miss it only when it’s gone
So to survive without resentment
We crack jokes till the new dawn
It’s also hard to accept from another
So the master creates a story
Hiding reality behind a blunder
Till you accept its undeniable veracity
Having a sense of humour is a gift
Cherish it, nurture it, even share it
Do not let the righteous go adrift
Thinking it’s a sin we should omit
Here lies another eternal irony
For in humour, rests the truth’s odour
As we laughs, recognising its verity
This is not a poor substitution
It’s its essence distillated in words
With faces, sounds or actions
To laugh is the way only forward
Truths is not always present
We miss it only when it’s gone
So to survive without resentment
We crack jokes till the new dawn
It’s also hard to accept from another
So the master creates a story
Hiding reality behind a blunder
Till you accept its undeniable veracity
Having a sense of humour is a gift
Cherish it, nurture it, even share it
Do not let the righteous go adrift
Thinking it’s a sin we should omit
Everybody's Worthy
Everybody's worthy
No exceptions
If you disagree
You have reasons
Yet you are worthy
Even if your actions
Can make you weary
They are common
Truly, what we do
Counts little finally
We have no clue
As to this reality
Yet in the moment
Simply do unto others
What to you is pleasant
We are all beggars
Everybody’s worthy
A truth hard to accept
We think so surely
We’re a better adept
No exceptions
If you disagree
You have reasons
Yet you are worthy
Even if your actions
Can make you weary
They are common
Truly, what we do
Counts little finally
We have no clue
As to this reality
Yet in the moment
Simply do unto others
What to you is pleasant
We are all beggars
Everybody’s worthy
A truth hard to accept
We think so surely
We’re a better adept
Stop
My mind often tells me stop
And I sometimes listen to it
Thinking she’s lost the plot
That annoying little twit
I carry-on often illogically
Going so far out of reason
Even if she doesn’t agree
Let’s get out of that prison
So I live balancing between
Logic and sweet emotions
Knowing neither can ever win
They are too many options
After all, why stop when it’s fun
What dictates what I should do?
Society or experience makes me run
Yet do they really have a clue?
Thinking my mind was my own
I pass my days in the clouds
Looking down on the unknown
Of my own personal crowds
And I sometimes listen to it
Thinking she’s lost the plot
That annoying little twit
I carry-on often illogically
Going so far out of reason
Even if she doesn’t agree
Let’s get out of that prison
So I live balancing between
Logic and sweet emotions
Knowing neither can ever win
They are too many options
After all, why stop when it’s fun
What dictates what I should do?
Society or experience makes me run
Yet do they really have a clue?
Thinking my mind was my own
I pass my days in the clouds
Looking down on the unknown
Of my own personal crowds
Ego Minister
I minister to myself
I am my biggest flock
I stand on a bookshelf
To listen to me talk
I write my own sermons
As I preach to me alone
I cast my own demons
I’m the angel who’s flown
I give my own blessings
To my every thoughts
I am the eternal being
Who no one has fought
I create my own rituals
Facing the true mirror
Eating the only apple
Unleashing my horror
I am the minister of my ego
I listen for I speak the truth
There’s no one I can follow
I’m the fountain of youth
I am my biggest flock
I stand on a bookshelf
To listen to me talk
I write my own sermons
As I preach to me alone
I cast my own demons
I’m the angel who’s flown
I give my own blessings
To my every thoughts
I am the eternal being
Who no one has fought
I create my own rituals
Facing the true mirror
Eating the only apple
Unleashing my horror
I am the minister of my ego
I listen for I speak the truth
There’s no one I can follow
I’m the fountain of youth
Too Many
Too many words
Not enough flowers
Too many thoughts
Not enough trees
Too many discussions
Not enough horizons
Too many viewpoints
Not enough reason
Too many clowns
Not enough laughter
Too many philosophers
Not enough wisdom
Too many dancers
Not enough dancing
Too many actors
Not enough life
Not enough flowers
Too many thoughts
Not enough trees
Too many discussions
Not enough horizons
Too many viewpoints
Not enough reason
Too many clowns
Not enough laughter
Too many philosophers
Not enough wisdom
Too many dancers
Not enough dancing
Too many actors
Not enough life
The Gift
Nothing, you are saying
Until you are singing
To the living, the dying
Only that has a ring
It’s your voice we crave
Your thoughts so brave
Why would you deprave
All those you can save
Speak often and loud
Make us so very proud
That you’re allowed
To know this crowd
Carry all of us far away
With sounds that sway
So that maybe, someday
We’ll know the true way
What you have is a gift
With it, any soul you’ll lift
Do not let it ever go adrift
Make us ready for the shift
Until you are singing
To the living, the dying
Only that has a ring
It’s your voice we crave
Your thoughts so brave
Why would you deprave
All those you can save
Speak often and loud
Make us so very proud
That you’re allowed
To know this crowd
Carry all of us far away
With sounds that sway
So that maybe, someday
We’ll know the true way
What you have is a gift
With it, any soul you’ll lift
Do not let it ever go adrift
Make us ready for the shift
Word Power
I know the words to melt you down
And others to hurt you forever deeply
I use them precisely, they're sound
That vibrates your soul unwary
Front the first, second and last
They shape your life, your destiny
Just like time, they pass so fast
Never to retain your memory
They are evil in their beauty
Unable to forgive, nor forget
They remind us of our frailty
In each of the seconds we regret
We were here before they were
We made them what they are
We forgot that it was in anger
We created words to go far
They’ll go when we remember
That we think best in images
Conveying the secret we’re after
Eternal wisdom of the ages
And others to hurt you forever deeply
I use them precisely, they're sound
That vibrates your soul unwary
Front the first, second and last
They shape your life, your destiny
Just like time, they pass so fast
Never to retain your memory
They are evil in their beauty
Unable to forgive, nor forget
They remind us of our frailty
In each of the seconds we regret
We were here before they were
We made them what they are
We forgot that it was in anger
We created words to go far
They’ll go when we remember
That we think best in images
Conveying the secret we’re after
Eternal wisdom of the ages
The Unlake
We swim in it often
The unlake has no end
Its shores are beaten
Just like an old friend
We walk it never alone
Surrounded by soul mates
Who are ready to condone
Our deeply rooted hate
Many lives are hurt
By its unnerving waves
Relentless yet in concert
Erasing even the braves
We all have to cross it
To reach the same shore
We might even commit
To its endless rancor
If you haven’t guessed
The name of the unlake
Prepare to be a guest
As despair for you waits
The unlake has no end
Its shores are beaten
Just like an old friend
We walk it never alone
Surrounded by soul mates
Who are ready to condone
Our deeply rooted hate
Many lives are hurt
By its unnerving waves
Relentless yet in concert
Erasing even the braves
We all have to cross it
To reach the same shore
We might even commit
To its endless rancor
If you haven’t guessed
The name of the unlake
Prepare to be a guest
As despair for you waits
A Good Day
A good day is one when I barely sin
When everything seems normal
No temptations shows within
I’ve lost the will, the desire to fall
A good day is when your smiles
Refresh my reasons for living
They’re like decorated tiles
On the wall of time never ending
A good day is when we trust all
Aware that the world we see in
We designed to rest our souls
Teaching others a life never ending
A good day is when I let God
Reach deep to the end of me
As I realise, isn’t that odd
That he is me, that we are he
A good day starts with you
When we share thoughts, ideas
There is nothing we can’t do
When we’re unprotected by dogma
When everything seems normal
No temptations shows within
I’ve lost the will, the desire to fall
A good day is when your smiles
Refresh my reasons for living
They’re like decorated tiles
On the wall of time never ending
A good day is when we trust all
Aware that the world we see in
We designed to rest our souls
Teaching others a life never ending
A good day is when I let God
Reach deep to the end of me
As I realise, isn’t that odd
That he is me, that we are he
A good day starts with you
When we share thoughts, ideas
There is nothing we can’t do
When we’re unprotected by dogma
Evolved Descent
We're not monkeys
They behave better
They hold the keys
To our real nature
We think we’re evolved
Yet we lost so much
Wisdom has dissolved
In the hands of a church
Behaving like animals
We shame our cousins
Preferring not to battle
Watching over our coffins
Our words are complex
Having lost all senses
We’re so far the apex
Where it truly commences
Our evolution is descending
We know what we’re doing
The beasts will keep breathing
As we argue our undoing
They behave better
They hold the keys
To our real nature
We think we’re evolved
Yet we lost so much
Wisdom has dissolved
In the hands of a church
Behaving like animals
We shame our cousins
Preferring not to battle
Watching over our coffins
Our words are complex
Having lost all senses
We’re so far the apex
Where it truly commences
Our evolution is descending
We know what we’re doing
The beasts will keep breathing
As we argue our undoing
The Dream of Death
The dream of death is powerful
It decides on the fate of religions
It creates the belief we need to rule
Over others, over our passions
Faultless in his eternal progression
Inevitable from the very first start
We over thought its primal reasons
Thinking we’d never take it to heart
Yet a dream is but a dream
Never to decide our fates
An endless thought stream
Irresponsible in what it creates
Death is the ultimate door
Shared between two realities
Each thinking there is more
On the other side of the key
The dream of death will not end
Nor will it start to make sense
It matters not if we make amends
It’s all but pure nonsense
It decides on the fate of religions
It creates the belief we need to rule
Over others, over our passions
Faultless in his eternal progression
Inevitable from the very first start
We over thought its primal reasons
Thinking we’d never take it to heart
Yet a dream is but a dream
Never to decide our fates
An endless thought stream
Irresponsible in what it creates
Death is the ultimate door
Shared between two realities
Each thinking there is more
On the other side of the key
The dream of death will not end
Nor will it start to make sense
It matters not if we make amends
It’s all but pure nonsense
Same God
We pray to the same God
In our houses of stones
Yet others seem odd
As we judge the unknown
Their books are our books
Ancient, given from above
Different paths we took
To reach the same love
We fight each other
Over a finer point
Yet in that funeral hour
We’ll end in the same joint
Religions and philos
Rise to your teachings
Let go of your egos
Count your blessings
We will not wait for you
To evolve and mature
We’ll create without ado
A spirituality that endures
In our houses of stones
Yet others seem odd
As we judge the unknown
Their books are our books
Ancient, given from above
Different paths we took
To reach the same love
We fight each other
Over a finer point
Yet in that funeral hour
We’ll end in the same joint
Religions and philos
Rise to your teachings
Let go of your egos
Count your blessings
We will not wait for you
To evolve and mature
We’ll create without ado
A spirituality that endures
The Moment
Take the moment seriously
So you can have fun in it
Not all that passes as reality
Is painful, or even sweet
Is the moment all there is?
Cause we seem to flow
In each second with ease
We can only but follow
In a moment life has passed
Years in a frozen second
Every action crumbled
Into one eternal sound
The moment is a gift
That stays in the present
Forever still, forever adrift
Only a God can grant
So, yes, we only have a moment
To express our love, our feelings
To regret for being absent
To forgive and be life giving
So you can have fun in it
Not all that passes as reality
Is painful, or even sweet
Is the moment all there is?
Cause we seem to flow
In each second with ease
We can only but follow
In a moment life has passed
Years in a frozen second
Every action crumbled
Into one eternal sound
The moment is a gift
That stays in the present
Forever still, forever adrift
Only a God can grant
So, yes, we only have a moment
To express our love, our feelings
To regret for being absent
To forgive and be life giving
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Ripped
A heart ripped apart
Bleeding from the soul
Aware from the start
This wasn’t the goal
It began open ended
With nothing to hide
Talking as if haunted
By a joy without pride
Growing into passion
Lost in world unaware
We lived beyond reason
Letting everyone stare
I didn’t see it coming
It ended without a word
It was just a morning
Yet a sunset so absurd
My heart is eternally ripped
Nothing can replace that
One day I’ll change the script
And regain what you spat
Bleeding from the soul
Aware from the start
This wasn’t the goal
It began open ended
With nothing to hide
Talking as if haunted
By a joy without pride
Growing into passion
Lost in world unaware
We lived beyond reason
Letting everyone stare
I didn’t see it coming
It ended without a word
It was just a morning
Yet a sunset so absurd
My heart is eternally ripped
Nothing can replace that
One day I’ll change the script
And regain what you spat
Trying Not To Hide
Trying hard not to hide anything
I hold the deepest secret of old
I know a word so soothing
It will turn lead into pure gold
You know it well, heard it before
Felt it sounded rather pleasant
Unaware that it would restore
Any soul that became absent
Know that it was never truly lost
It traveled in speech and stories
Hidden from the useless frost
Of frozen hearts and memories
You might speak it rather often
Thinking it must belong to you
It’s universal, next time listen
You might learn a thing or two
I try hard to hide absolutely nothing
Yet if I told you what that word was
You’d think that I must be kidding
You knew it before it ever was
I hold the deepest secret of old
I know a word so soothing
It will turn lead into pure gold
You know it well, heard it before
Felt it sounded rather pleasant
Unaware that it would restore
Any soul that became absent
Know that it was never truly lost
It traveled in speech and stories
Hidden from the useless frost
Of frozen hearts and memories
You might speak it rather often
Thinking it must belong to you
It’s universal, next time listen
You might learn a thing or two
I try hard to hide absolutely nothing
Yet if I told you what that word was
You’d think that I must be kidding
You knew it before it ever was
Shadow On My Soul
There is a shadow on my soul
A sense of satisfied despair
Unsure of what is my role
I know what should be fair
Was I born with this defect
An ancestral affliction
Passed to sons as an object
A heritage beyond reason
I live with it as my shadow
Follows my every moves
I noticed it so long ago
I no longer of it disapprove
It is with me often for worse
Tainting any sound judgment
Some would it call it a curse
Yet it looks like a talent
There is a shadow on my soul
Yet it affects only my mind
Perfection remains whole
Free of what makes me blind
A sense of satisfied despair
Unsure of what is my role
I know what should be fair
Was I born with this defect
An ancestral affliction
Passed to sons as an object
A heritage beyond reason
I live with it as my shadow
Follows my every moves
I noticed it so long ago
I no longer of it disapprove
It is with me often for worse
Tainting any sound judgment
Some would it call it a curse
Yet it looks like a talent
There is a shadow on my soul
Yet it affects only my mind
Perfection remains whole
Free of what makes me blind
An Innocent’s Death
What makes us kill children
Without even an afterthought
Are we so lame, so broken
That we’re no longer distraught
Spare me the taint of an apology
How do we know how one feels
When a loved one is taken from thee
We will know the depth of the ordeal
Innocence cannot be learned
It’s a birth gift we all possess
No one returns to be burned
We come to show noblesse
So why kill the innocent?
What could they have done?
Showing hatred to an infant
Forces us to go on and on
Are you innocent, son of sin
Didn’t your god tell you so?
Is your patience’s wearing thin
In the light of another’s halo
Without even an afterthought
Are we so lame, so broken
That we’re no longer distraught
Spare me the taint of an apology
How do we know how one feels
When a loved one is taken from thee
We will know the depth of the ordeal
Innocence cannot be learned
It’s a birth gift we all possess
No one returns to be burned
We come to show noblesse
So why kill the innocent?
What could they have done?
Showing hatred to an infant
Forces us to go on and on
Are you innocent, son of sin
Didn’t your god tell you so?
Is your patience’s wearing thin
In the light of another’s halo
The Lost World
The past is all but lost
Like a world forgotten
We want at all cost
To come back often
Time goes but one way
Our mind cannot fathom
That any of the old days
Could again become
So a story is made
To remember them
And as they fade
They leave a poem
Yet but once is time
An eternal second
A timeless crime
Against reason
A second has passed
And that world is lost
It’s but life’s impasse
It’s the price, the cost
Like a world forgotten
We want at all cost
To come back often
Time goes but one way
Our mind cannot fathom
That any of the old days
Could again become
So a story is made
To remember them
And as they fade
They leave a poem
Yet but once is time
An eternal second
A timeless crime
Against reason
A second has passed
And that world is lost
It’s but life’s impasse
It’s the price, the cost
Crossroad
Am at another crossroad
Unsure of turning where
Choices are all so broad
Success, all so rare
How did I end here again?
Lost among uncertainty
It’s all confusing, all so Zen
Even not choosing is a reality
Though I can turn around
Look or walk in my past
Hoping that this time round
I’ll make choices that last
Should I turn? Go straight?
Call the Devil for advice?
After all, nothing dictates
That my mind will suffice
I’ll choose eventually
To but move forward
Waiting ever so eagerly
As the road turns inward
Unsure of turning where
Choices are all so broad
Success, all so rare
How did I end here again?
Lost among uncertainty
It’s all confusing, all so Zen
Even not choosing is a reality
Though I can turn around
Look or walk in my past
Hoping that this time round
I’ll make choices that last
Should I turn? Go straight?
Call the Devil for advice?
After all, nothing dictates
That my mind will suffice
I’ll choose eventually
To but move forward
Waiting ever so eagerly
As the road turns inward
Small Things, Big Things
It’s in the small things
That big ones are born
It’s only the beginning
Of a story well worn
We tend to make mountains
Out of so many molehills
Yet aren’t we the captains
Of our souls, our minds, our wills?
Some see the devil in details
Others see God in all splendour
Breaking free of dogmatic tales
Is the only way to become better
A small light will shatter darkness
Though it’s easy to kill it soon
The right idea will do no less
No one can ever be immune
A big thing today shrinks tomorrow
We never live in the same world twice
A small thing blows-up tomorrow
Seek both, it’s the only price
That big ones are born
It’s only the beginning
Of a story well worn
We tend to make mountains
Out of so many molehills
Yet aren’t we the captains
Of our souls, our minds, our wills?
Some see the devil in details
Others see God in all splendour
Breaking free of dogmatic tales
Is the only way to become better
A small light will shatter darkness
Though it’s easy to kill it soon
The right idea will do no less
No one can ever be immune
A big thing today shrinks tomorrow
We never live in the same world twice
A small thing blows-up tomorrow
Seek both, it’s the only price
Forgiveness
To forgive would force me to judge
Anyone who would comes to me
I often think my way, I do not budge
A dogma made from what I see
I think I’m right rather than not
Who could argue with my logic
My truths, my beliefs are all I got
You don’t believe me, oh cynic?
I’m told forgiveness is divine
By good thinkers and well doers
For those who cross the line
Expect nothing from such actors
Here lies a fallacy in thinking
To forgive you must have judged
Doing therefore the evil’s bidding
Your reputation forever smudged
Do not question my authority
And I will not question yours
Leave me to fail beautifully
Let me not close any doors
Anyone who would comes to me
I often think my way, I do not budge
A dogma made from what I see
I think I’m right rather than not
Who could argue with my logic
My truths, my beliefs are all I got
You don’t believe me, oh cynic?
I’m told forgiveness is divine
By good thinkers and well doers
For those who cross the line
Expect nothing from such actors
Here lies a fallacy in thinking
To forgive you must have judged
Doing therefore the evil’s bidding
Your reputation forever smudged
Do not question my authority
And I will not question yours
Leave me to fail beautifully
Let me not close any doors
Killing Destinies
Starting every forth century
With a renewed sense of hope
We sense the end of reality
As a knot in a mystical rope
Shattered on the battlefield
Cause we think we think better
Such hope we’d better conceal
Till it’s time for the thereafter
The thoughts of tomorrow
Bathed in faith and joy
Always find their echo
In what we can destroy
To protect our own destiny
As we fear all new ideas
We kill and shield bravely
Those with different auras
In their death life resonates
Ready to forgive the few
Who‘d leave all to their fate
Letting them be true
With a renewed sense of hope
We sense the end of reality
As a knot in a mystical rope
Shattered on the battlefield
Cause we think we think better
Such hope we’d better conceal
Till it’s time for the thereafter
The thoughts of tomorrow
Bathed in faith and joy
Always find their echo
In what we can destroy
To protect our own destiny
As we fear all new ideas
We kill and shield bravely
Those with different auras
In their death life resonates
Ready to forgive the few
Who‘d leave all to their fate
Letting them be true
Last Sun
Seeing the sun for the last time
Sadly aware that in the morrow
Life will finally become sublime
As we forget our fear and sorrow
It was a sun like any other day
Round, brilliant, edgeless
Always ready to give way
To the Goddess moon no less
Though this morning it was back
Unchanged, just as we remembered
We knew something wasn’t quite right
As if all questions had been answered
Yet the last day passed without doubts
Somehow everyone knew their destinies
Without a word, a cry or even a shout
We marched into the night with ease
The last sun will not be our end
No dogma can convince us of that
It will be just like an old friend
Ready to listen, ready to chat
Sadly aware that in the morrow
Life will finally become sublime
As we forget our fear and sorrow
It was a sun like any other day
Round, brilliant, edgeless
Always ready to give way
To the Goddess moon no less
Though this morning it was back
Unchanged, just as we remembered
We knew something wasn’t quite right
As if all questions had been answered
Yet the last day passed without doubts
Somehow everyone knew their destinies
Without a word, a cry or even a shout
We marched into the night with ease
The last sun will not be our end
No dogma can convince us of that
It will be just like an old friend
Ready to listen, ready to chat
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Remember
Who will ever remember
Who fell in love, who didn’t?
Who’s worse, who’s better?
Who’s an idiot, who’s brilliant?
The memories of man are shallow
We mold them to suit our needs
We forget what we don’t want to know
We keep what we need to succeed
The same thought, the same action
Is remembered differently by all
Balancing between fact and fiction
We teach the truth on what we recall
Yet all we are has been recorded
For all to see today and forever
Our sins and all we hold sacred
Kept in a stone truly stellar
Who can read from this book
But the one who’s writing it
For we all know where to look
Inside, where the soul sits
Who fell in love, who didn’t?
Who’s worse, who’s better?
Who’s an idiot, who’s brilliant?
The memories of man are shallow
We mold them to suit our needs
We forget what we don’t want to know
We keep what we need to succeed
The same thought, the same action
Is remembered differently by all
Balancing between fact and fiction
We teach the truth on what we recall
Yet all we are has been recorded
For all to see today and forever
Our sins and all we hold sacred
Kept in a stone truly stellar
Who can read from this book
But the one who’s writing it
For we all know where to look
Inside, where the soul sits
Thinking It’s all Me
Thinking it’s all me
Would be arrogant
Denying, you see
A God so ancient
Thinking it’s all me
Would take you out
We wouldn’t agree
Each on his route
Thinking it’s all me
Would claim the life
Of an innocent baby
As it shies from strife
Thinking it’s all me
Would make me bitter
Of all I had not be
Oh, to have been better
Thinking it’s all me
Removes the divine
No one will be free
No one will be fine
Would be arrogant
Denying, you see
A God so ancient
Thinking it’s all me
Would take you out
We wouldn’t agree
Each on his route
Thinking it’s all me
Would claim the life
Of an innocent baby
As it shies from strife
Thinking it’s all me
Would make me bitter
Of all I had not be
Oh, to have been better
Thinking it’s all me
Removes the divine
No one will be free
No one will be fine
Thank you for…
Thank you for…
The days gone by
The lives, the loves
The screams, the sighs
The bees, the doves
The young, the old
The mistakes, a few
The stories we told
The idiot, the guru
The passion, the sex
The food, the drinks
The words of an ex
The eternal sphinx
The work, the money
The truth, the doubts
Chocolate covered honey
And those darn trouts
But most of all, I have to say
Some things could not have been
Without the ultimate birthday
So thank you for my passing
The days gone by
The lives, the loves
The screams, the sighs
The bees, the doves
The young, the old
The mistakes, a few
The stories we told
The idiot, the guru
The passion, the sex
The food, the drinks
The words of an ex
The eternal sphinx
The work, the money
The truth, the doubts
Chocolate covered honey
And those darn trouts
But most of all, I have to say
Some things could not have been
Without the ultimate birthday
So thank you for my passing
In The Moment
To be in the moment
Is to miss no one, nothing
Beyond being content
Life finds its meaning
In that eternal second
You are indivisible
Passing beyond
All are equal
Wisdom is revealed
Not by words or songs
But a light unsealed
Nothing is wrong
You see it all
Life’s true sense
Truly adorable
Sincerely immense
The past, the future
Exist no longer
Nothing to endure
Nothing maters
Is to miss no one, nothing
Beyond being content
Life finds its meaning
In that eternal second
You are indivisible
Passing beyond
All are equal
Wisdom is revealed
Not by words or songs
But a light unsealed
Nothing is wrong
You see it all
Life’s true sense
Truly adorable
Sincerely immense
The past, the future
Exist no longer
Nothing to endure
Nothing maters
The Night
The night leaves traces
That the soul remembers
Wearing a million faces
We have to surrender
Living in an altered state
Just as real as the past day
We can take risks, tempt fate
If we only knew the way
Life we can't control
Dreams even more so
In both we play a role
In each we must grow
Initiate of the night
Remember the lessons
That you can't be right
If you're pure reason
Respect the night
As it takes you whole
Tomorrow, the light
Will give you all
That the soul remembers
Wearing a million faces
We have to surrender
Living in an altered state
Just as real as the past day
We can take risks, tempt fate
If we only knew the way
Life we can't control
Dreams even more so
In both we play a role
In each we must grow
Initiate of the night
Remember the lessons
That you can't be right
If you're pure reason
Respect the night
As it takes you whole
Tomorrow, the light
Will give you all
Another Day
It was just another day
As the few who cared
Had simply passed away
Finally, eternally spared
Yet it’s never a simple day
For in all, all is possible
As there is but one way
To define the unreasonable
Tomorrow, today, yesterday
Three days in which we live
Two can lead you astray
One can leave you pensive
Tomorrow, will you be there?
To see the sun rise again
Or will you finally be aware
That no light shines in vain
There will be another day
For our children to see
If we come back this way
Let us remember happily
As the few who cared
Had simply passed away
Finally, eternally spared
Yet it’s never a simple day
For in all, all is possible
As there is but one way
To define the unreasonable
Tomorrow, today, yesterday
Three days in which we live
Two can lead you astray
One can leave you pensive
Tomorrow, will you be there?
To see the sun rise again
Or will you finally be aware
That no light shines in vain
There will be another day
For our children to see
If we come back this way
Let us remember happily
Universal Moral
One universal moral
Has to exist in time
A word that says it all
A thought sublime
Searching eternally
For a truthful reason
Nothing exist really
Life’s but a prison
Yet to deny reality
Is a waste of time
For we are, really
Children of I am
As of the original word
No one ever thought
To keep a record
Of what was taught
Why do such a thing
As it is universal
So it’s in your being
In the good, in the evil
Has to exist in time
A word that says it all
A thought sublime
Searching eternally
For a truthful reason
Nothing exist really
Life’s but a prison
Yet to deny reality
Is a waste of time
For we are, really
Children of I am
As of the original word
No one ever thought
To keep a record
Of what was taught
Why do such a thing
As it is universal
So it’s in your being
In the good, in the evil
Demon's Whispers
Are my thoughts all true?
Are they a demon's whispers?
The truths I know are few
Some even belong to the hour
When I calm my confused mind
Do I hear gods or angels talking?
A noisy chatter of the blind
Unaware of where I'm walking
If it sounds too good, is it truly so?
Is it disguised to make us fall?
Is this the path we must follow?
What's the answer? Is it a riddle?
Though we know how to question
The answers are most uncertain
Doubting the source and its reason
Unable to see who’s behind the curtain
What is a demon’s whisper?
When the words are so familiar
We’re not that good a reader
Often taking the truth of a liar
Are they a demon's whispers?
The truths I know are few
Some even belong to the hour
When I calm my confused mind
Do I hear gods or angels talking?
A noisy chatter of the blind
Unaware of where I'm walking
If it sounds too good, is it truly so?
Is it disguised to make us fall?
Is this the path we must follow?
What's the answer? Is it a riddle?
Though we know how to question
The answers are most uncertain
Doubting the source and its reason
Unable to see who’s behind the curtain
What is a demon’s whisper?
When the words are so familiar
We’re not that good a reader
Often taking the truth of a liar
Creature of Midnight
I'm creature of the night
I prowl in search of a fight
Creating an atmosphere so tight
I see you, my prey, finally in sight
Innocent victim, sleep tight
Under a moon silver and bright
Striving in the absence of light
Reflecting shadows give fright
You know not what you ignite
As you cross to the twilight
Whether wrong or right
We dance a soulless rite
Who knew that what we unite
Are an Angel, a Devil, tonight
Everything will be all right
As you know, it is midnight
I prowl in search of a fight
Creating an atmosphere so tight
I see you, my prey, finally in sight
Innocent victim, sleep tight
Under a moon silver and bright
Striving in the absence of light
Reflecting shadows give fright
You know not what you ignite
As you cross to the twilight
Whether wrong or right
We dance a soulless rite
Who knew that what we unite
Are an Angel, a Devil, tonight
Everything will be all right
As you know, it is midnight
Expensive
Oh, wasted life, so expensive
Costing its owner, and you
Working without reprieve
Yet so little we truly do
A second is an expense
Against life's account
Arrogance, even pretense
What do we want?
We loose a life given
Wasting time joyfully
Yet the gift's uneven
As we steal mercilessly
Life is a precarious balance
As we take, so we must give
It's almost like a romance
The middle is to forgive
A life wasted doesn't come back
We might as well invest it all
Feeling, loving, being out of whack
We might as well have a ball
Costing its owner, and you
Working without reprieve
Yet so little we truly do
A second is an expense
Against life's account
Arrogance, even pretense
What do we want?
We loose a life given
Wasting time joyfully
Yet the gift's uneven
As we steal mercilessly
Life is a precarious balance
As we take, so we must give
It's almost like a romance
The middle is to forgive
A life wasted doesn't come back
We might as well invest it all
Feeling, loving, being out of whack
We might as well have a ball
Hate
The urge to hate is strong
A river of lava in the veins
In an instant, all's wrong
Hating everything in vain
The world has changed
Taken over by pain
A joyless sun is blamed
For such a sinful stain
To hate with a passion
Rarely seen in nature
After losing all reason
The night we must endure
No one truly knows why
We suffer such a fate
Yet at the moment we die
We know it's not too late
To hate can't be divine
As such we assume
Unaware the sublime
For it, make room
A river of lava in the veins
In an instant, all's wrong
Hating everything in vain
The world has changed
Taken over by pain
A joyless sun is blamed
For such a sinful stain
To hate with a passion
Rarely seen in nature
After losing all reason
The night we must endure
No one truly knows why
We suffer such a fate
Yet at the moment we die
We know it's not too late
To hate can't be divine
As such we assume
Unaware the sublime
For it, make room
Friday, January 30, 2009
Greed & Faith
Greed so tempting
Faith so fragile
What’s winning
Isn’t it futile
Desires rule
Unchecked
Make us full
In all aspects
Faith’s a choice
Without thinking
It is the voice
That’s asking
We sway all day
One’s natural
The other, a way
We’re so fragile
Aim for balance
Or choose either
Both the essence
Of this creature
Faith so fragile
What’s winning
Isn’t it futile
Desires rule
Unchecked
Make us full
In all aspects
Faith’s a choice
Without thinking
It is the voice
That’s asking
We sway all day
One’s natural
The other, a way
We’re so fragile
Aim for balance
Or choose either
Both the essence
Of this creature
I Fight
I fight the intolerant
Teachers who crush
The less than ignorant
The infant in a rush
I fight ignorance
In me and others
With faith, science
I test our valour
I fight the words
That kill innocents
Speaking like a bird
Often barely decent
I fight weakness
Mostly just mine
Avoiding blandness
In the thoughts I design
I fight my own battle
With no one else
It’s my cage I rattle
I fight myself
Teachers who crush
The less than ignorant
The infant in a rush
I fight ignorance
In me and others
With faith, science
I test our valour
I fight the words
That kill innocents
Speaking like a bird
Often barely decent
I fight weakness
Mostly just mine
Avoiding blandness
In the thoughts I design
I fight my own battle
With no one else
It’s my cage I rattle
I fight myself
The Supreme Cause
Fighting our way through a life unwanted
Spent focusing on the value of a stone
Forgetting the supreme cause of the gifted
To develop a spirit we can call our own
As nations separated from religion
It’s time for faith to create its own rift
To leave dogma, regain its passion
To truly understand, it is its own gift
No matter whether you’re rich or poor
Your supreme cause is the same as mine
To develop your spirit and truly implore
Your own divinity, and stop being so blind
It is far fetched to search for it outside
When all along it was entrenched inside
Sometimes buried, often willingly denied
In some cases, even killed by pride
The supreme cause is for us to take
To make it ours, to love and cherish
It nourishes our soul, turns it awake
No matter if you follow a god or a fetish
Spent focusing on the value of a stone
Forgetting the supreme cause of the gifted
To develop a spirit we can call our own
As nations separated from religion
It’s time for faith to create its own rift
To leave dogma, regain its passion
To truly understand, it is its own gift
No matter whether you’re rich or poor
Your supreme cause is the same as mine
To develop your spirit and truly implore
Your own divinity, and stop being so blind
It is far fetched to search for it outside
When all along it was entrenched inside
Sometimes buried, often willingly denied
In some cases, even killed by pride
The supreme cause is for us to take
To make it ours, to love and cherish
It nourishes our soul, turns it awake
No matter if you follow a god or a fetish
One Hundred Steps
Everyday, for so many years
I climbed a hundred steps alone
For the right to learn, to culture
For the right to be my own
No questions, it was the path
Between home and school
No hatred, no common wrath
They sat, facing me, the fool
Each step but a short barrier
Taken in stride, all the way
To reach the ultimate altar
The top, where all would pray
Climbing-up started our day
The same way down, closed it
A temporal ritual, an ancient ballet
Where all kids were getting fit
I miss those stones without end
That’s how it felt before the first
Just as an initiation would intend
We learned by being immersed
I climbed a hundred steps alone
For the right to learn, to culture
For the right to be my own
No questions, it was the path
Between home and school
No hatred, no common wrath
They sat, facing me, the fool
Each step but a short barrier
Taken in stride, all the way
To reach the ultimate altar
The top, where all would pray
Climbing-up started our day
The same way down, closed it
A temporal ritual, an ancient ballet
Where all kids were getting fit
I miss those stones without end
That’s how it felt before the first
Just as an initiation would intend
We learned by being immersed
Mind
My mind’s no longer mine
I lost it on the way here
It won’t make a headline
I know it’s somewhere near
It’s such a fleeting thing
Neither here nor there
Sensing it without asking
We know we are aware
I can argue my case well
With another, as an equal
Yet everything that we sell
Is rarely true or factual
As I supposedly grow wise
The certainties of my youth
For which I’d let you die
They’re no longer the truth
Why is it here, with us?
Easily confused with a drink
I suspect I am conscious
What do you think?
I lost it on the way here
It won’t make a headline
I know it’s somewhere near
It’s such a fleeting thing
Neither here nor there
Sensing it without asking
We know we are aware
I can argue my case well
With another, as an equal
Yet everything that we sell
Is rarely true or factual
As I supposedly grow wise
The certainties of my youth
For which I’d let you die
They’re no longer the truth
Why is it here, with us?
Easily confused with a drink
I suspect I am conscious
What do you think?
I Not Understand
What’s with languages?
And their constructions
Some birthed in the ages
Other as new as fashion
What’s with their constructions?
Their rules, grammar, accents
Some have their own reasons
Others are sons of events
We think, we speak, we write
We write as we pretend to speak
We think what we say is alright
In that way, as a kind, we’re unique
We spell the same word differently
Among ourselves, even ourselves
We change and mold reality
In books lost on bookshelves
I don’t understand
I do not understand
I donot understand
I not understand
And their constructions
Some birthed in the ages
Other as new as fashion
What’s with their constructions?
Their rules, grammar, accents
Some have their own reasons
Others are sons of events
We think, we speak, we write
We write as we pretend to speak
We think what we say is alright
In that way, as a kind, we’re unique
We spell the same word differently
Among ourselves, even ourselves
We change and mold reality
In books lost on bookshelves
I don’t understand
I do not understand
I donot understand
I not understand
Nothing Good
Nothing good came out of being honest
A truly peculiar and surreal philosophy
Spoken in a moment truly earnest
When questioned about this reality
Nothing good came out of telling lies
On the same day, same train of thought
We accept it without questions, yet it defies
The real stories of those who need your vote
Do you know the old hypocrite’s oath?
Claiming truth to be universal, blameless
Are you aware that we must have both
To truly understand our own noblesse
So, will you think on your own terms
Or accept without a doubt that word
Are you ready to let yourself learn
What everyone else has already heard
Nothing good came out of being honest
Nothing good came out of telling lies
Why question it? Can’t you let it rest?
In doing so, you might finally rise
A truly peculiar and surreal philosophy
Spoken in a moment truly earnest
When questioned about this reality
Nothing good came out of telling lies
On the same day, same train of thought
We accept it without questions, yet it defies
The real stories of those who need your vote
Do you know the old hypocrite’s oath?
Claiming truth to be universal, blameless
Are you aware that we must have both
To truly understand our own noblesse
So, will you think on your own terms
Or accept without a doubt that word
Are you ready to let yourself learn
What everyone else has already heard
Nothing good came out of being honest
Nothing good came out of telling lies
Why question it? Can’t you let it rest?
In doing so, you might finally rise
Anthem Nation
Listen to your anthem
Think of those before
Feel words so solemn
They sing forevermore
Speaking of freedom
Gained on battlefield
In spring, in autumn
A destiny revealed
An author like you
Sat and thought
What would we do
If no one had fought?
Would we be free, alive
Ready to face destiny
Or simply able to survive
Under another’s glory
The struggle of a nation
Plays in the hearts of the dead
Every time you cry with passion
Those words that can’t be left unsaid
Think of those before
Feel words so solemn
They sing forevermore
Speaking of freedom
Gained on battlefield
In spring, in autumn
A destiny revealed
An author like you
Sat and thought
What would we do
If no one had fought?
Would we be free, alive
Ready to face destiny
Or simply able to survive
Under another’s glory
The struggle of a nation
Plays in the hearts of the dead
Every time you cry with passion
Those words that can’t be left unsaid
Odd Friends
I have as my better friends
The oddest of characters
For each I would die, defend
Against all sorts of wankers
To be part of such an elite
I can’t claim any sanity
We live to the same beat
Truly devoid of your reality
To be odd, just see differently
Ignore convention and dogma
Decide that the true beauty
Lies beyond this closed vista
I question everything they say
Aware they don’t mean any of it
It’s a circular illogic game we play
Endlessly made-up as we see fit
We are odd, but we’ll be friends
When you lay cold, alone and flat
For in our mind, there is no end
To this brotherhood under one hat
The oddest of characters
For each I would die, defend
Against all sorts of wankers
To be part of such an elite
I can’t claim any sanity
We live to the same beat
Truly devoid of your reality
To be odd, just see differently
Ignore convention and dogma
Decide that the true beauty
Lies beyond this closed vista
I question everything they say
Aware they don’t mean any of it
It’s a circular illogic game we play
Endlessly made-up as we see fit
We are odd, but we’ll be friends
When you lay cold, alone and flat
For in our mind, there is no end
To this brotherhood under one hat
The Bed
The bed is so comfy
It keeps on calling me
It’s all that I can see
I am so very sleepy
We mate, we dream
We cry, we scream
We go to extreme
In the bed supreme
We part with sorrow
So that we can grow
In the day’s dying glow
We return to what we know
We lie without pretense
Alive in a dream so dense
We are without defense
We loose in every sense
There is but one bed
As my ancestors said
In which you’ll play dead
In which you’ll be wed
It keeps on calling me
It’s all that I can see
I am so very sleepy
We mate, we dream
We cry, we scream
We go to extreme
In the bed supreme
We part with sorrow
So that we can grow
In the day’s dying glow
We return to what we know
We lie without pretense
Alive in a dream so dense
We are without defense
We loose in every sense
There is but one bed
As my ancestors said
In which you’ll play dead
In which you’ll be wed
Effacing our Street
Effacing a street’s name
Is but killing our History
We will never be the same
When loosing our own story
Just like effacing one’s name
To destroy his soul, his goal
Even a Pharaoh is to blame
In this forever pointless control
Every day, officials play God
With a town’s unique memory
Written in tears, joy and blood
Listen to their ephemeral glory
Forgetting what it was named
We remember where it lead us
We will always be blamed
For losing many wise elders
The grass will grow again
Thoughts will come back
It can never be forgotten
We’ll walk again in its track
Is but killing our History
We will never be the same
When loosing our own story
Just like effacing one’s name
To destroy his soul, his goal
Even a Pharaoh is to blame
In this forever pointless control
Every day, officials play God
With a town’s unique memory
Written in tears, joy and blood
Listen to their ephemeral glory
Forgetting what it was named
We remember where it lead us
We will always be blamed
For losing many wise elders
The grass will grow again
Thoughts will come back
It can never be forgotten
We’ll walk again in its track
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
The Music we Say
In the time an hour take
I heard the sound of life
The music we all make
Notes of love and strife
Some words, a melody
Noise of many thoughts
On the stone of eternity
Imprint what we’re taught
An hour without music
We’ll befriend even death
There is no other magic
Than the sound of our breath
Not all will appreciate
Such cacophony
In unison we vibrate
Makers of a sound reality
The music we say
Pray that it will last
It’s the price to pay
It will go so fast
I heard the sound of life
The music we all make
Notes of love and strife
Some words, a melody
Noise of many thoughts
On the stone of eternity
Imprint what we’re taught
An hour without music
We’ll befriend even death
There is no other magic
Than the sound of our breath
Not all will appreciate
Such cacophony
In unison we vibrate
Makers of a sound reality
The music we say
Pray that it will last
It’s the price to pay
It will go so fast
The Brethren
Thirteen we met first
Under Napoleon's beams
Scotland quenched our thirst
This wasn’t a dream
Lying around in disorder
Talking it all without logic
We were the creators
Of our world of magic
Each word we shouted
Fell on rather deaf hears
For each other we courted
And rally all to our fears
Nothing secret nor worthy
Came out of our souls
For we were quite unruly
In establishing our goals
The brethren is a society
Of fouls, not of strangers
We carry on our destinies
Until we’re all victors
Under Napoleon's beams
Scotland quenched our thirst
This wasn’t a dream
Lying around in disorder
Talking it all without logic
We were the creators
Of our world of magic
Each word we shouted
Fell on rather deaf hears
For each other we courted
And rally all to our fears
Nothing secret nor worthy
Came out of our souls
For we were quite unruly
In establishing our goals
The brethren is a society
Of fouls, not of strangers
We carry on our destinies
Until we’re all victors
We are Raindrops
We are raindrops
Of the same cloud
Screaming all the way
Joining our essence
We’re born in conflict
Strong and fulfilled
Broken into pieces
Falling together
As we fall, we live
Separate but together
Time, speed, increasing
Hitting our destination
Once there, our soul
Goes back to origin
Lighter, brighter, simpler
Alive, purest sense
We will come again
Different but the same
Raining as we must
Alive and well meaning
Of the same cloud
Screaming all the way
Joining our essence
We’re born in conflict
Strong and fulfilled
Broken into pieces
Falling together
As we fall, we live
Separate but together
Time, speed, increasing
Hitting our destination
Once there, our soul
Goes back to origin
Lighter, brighter, simpler
Alive, purest sense
We will come again
Different but the same
Raining as we must
Alive and well meaning
The Seer
A seer sees what’s not yet
Predicting what to avoid
Showing a life at the onset
Allowing us to fulfill the void
We remember the past
Molding it to our desires
Yet the future’s so vast
We forget as it expires
What special skills
Must I learn to see
A mission to fulfill
The end of a journey
I am no seer, for sure
Yet I often foresee
Everything I endure
In pain, in glory
What if the seer told
About the life to be had
Ah, to be so bold
Ah, to be so bad
Predicting what to avoid
Showing a life at the onset
Allowing us to fulfill the void
We remember the past
Molding it to our desires
Yet the future’s so vast
We forget as it expires
What special skills
Must I learn to see
A mission to fulfill
The end of a journey
I am no seer, for sure
Yet I often foresee
Everything I endure
In pain, in glory
What if the seer told
About the life to be had
Ah, to be so bold
Ah, to be so bad
Solomon's Mission
Solomon's mission
Shows the way
Carried by masons
One stone a day
Leading mankind
Into its own body
The flame entwined
Let the spirit see
In degrees three
The light opens
A mind to study
A road to eleven
Start with a question
Surrender the answer
There is no real reason
In becoming better
Solomon's mission
Knows the way
Carried in passion
One stone a day
Shows the way
Carried by masons
One stone a day
Leading mankind
Into its own body
The flame entwined
Let the spirit see
In degrees three
The light opens
A mind to study
A road to eleven
Start with a question
Surrender the answer
There is no real reason
In becoming better
Solomon's mission
Knows the way
Carried in passion
One stone a day
Less Than That
To be less than what you could be
Is an insult to the spirit within
No matter what you say or see
Life needs you to change, to win
Born with an infinite potential
We squander our gift of time
Thinking tomorrow will be special
We forget to live in this lifetime
We learn who we are from others
Seeking validation in another’s eyes
Yet all along, we seek answers
Already within us, under disguise
From time to time, an epiphany
Shows the truth that was there
We are one, of the same destiny
Even when opinions are everywhere
Divine you are, to be less than that
Is the biggest sin you can fathom
Choose to be an eagle or a rat
Either way, the end is in freedom
Is an insult to the spirit within
No matter what you say or see
Life needs you to change, to win
Born with an infinite potential
We squander our gift of time
Thinking tomorrow will be special
We forget to live in this lifetime
We learn who we are from others
Seeking validation in another’s eyes
Yet all along, we seek answers
Already within us, under disguise
From time to time, an epiphany
Shows the truth that was there
We are one, of the same destiny
Even when opinions are everywhere
Divine you are, to be less than that
Is the biggest sin you can fathom
Choose to be an eagle or a rat
Either way, the end is in freedom
Of this World, I Know Nothing
Of this world, I know nothing
Passing through seven gates
I catch a glimpse of me dying
Watching stages of my fate
In this world, I know even less
Passing through cycles of seven
The many sins I should confess
None can close the door to heaven
This is a world of many failures
Each teaching what we need
With every word, a soul conjures
The destinies that’ll make it bleed
No matter what spirit you claim
You are bound in a machine
That has but no other aim
Than to teach the unseen
In this world, of this world
Pray to know the difference
A simple yet powerful word
Can change your balance
Passing through seven gates
I catch a glimpse of me dying
Watching stages of my fate
In this world, I know even less
Passing through cycles of seven
The many sins I should confess
None can close the door to heaven
This is a world of many failures
Each teaching what we need
With every word, a soul conjures
The destinies that’ll make it bleed
No matter what spirit you claim
You are bound in a machine
That has but no other aim
Than to teach the unseen
In this world, of this world
Pray to know the difference
A simple yet powerful word
Can change your balance
The Ochre Tree
Standing in majesty on the hill
The ochre tree knew its place
In elated destiny, it was its will
To face the sun’s embrace
In the burning morning sun
In the evening disappearing
Can’t see where each begun
Married in colour blurring
Many came to rest and pray
Faced with a life unnerving
Twirled in its endless ballet
They came to finally begin
Sleeping under its shade often
I knew peace’s true meaning
A lack of needs that threatened
The livelihood of the dying
It is still there, the ochre tree
Majestic and always inviting
I shall return to pray and see
A friend always so forgiving
The ochre tree knew its place
In elated destiny, it was its will
To face the sun’s embrace
In the burning morning sun
In the evening disappearing
Can’t see where each begun
Married in colour blurring
Many came to rest and pray
Faced with a life unnerving
Twirled in its endless ballet
They came to finally begin
Sleeping under its shade often
I knew peace’s true meaning
A lack of needs that threatened
The livelihood of the dying
It is still there, the ochre tree
Majestic and always inviting
I shall return to pray and see
A friend always so forgiving
The Evil Carnival
Dance, twisted marionette
Never stop, never give-in
You will one day forget
Where you have been
Star of an evil carnival
Led by a hidden master
Fighting the eternal rival
Source of this disaster
Drawn in the same image
Resembling a lost puppet
Unaware of the damage
Caused when you’re upset
You move rather awkwardly
Through thoughts and ideas
Thought to behave badly
As you ignore their dogma
All the clowns, the animals
Join you in an eternal dance
The moral of this evil carnival
Is you don’t stand a chance
Never stop, never give-in
You will one day forget
Where you have been
Star of an evil carnival
Led by a hidden master
Fighting the eternal rival
Source of this disaster
Drawn in the same image
Resembling a lost puppet
Unaware of the damage
Caused when you’re upset
You move rather awkwardly
Through thoughts and ideas
Thought to behave badly
As you ignore their dogma
All the clowns, the animals
Join you in an eternal dance
The moral of this evil carnival
Is you don’t stand a chance
East to West
Move along, the east
A soul never rests
It’s no small feast
To reach the west
Born in the east
Afraid of the west
Where the beast
Is wholly obsessed
Born in the west
Thinking the east
A thought expressed
Doesn’t even exist
From east to west
We live in agony
Dying without rest
Intertwined destinies
Move along, the West
It’s no small feast
For a soul to not rest
Till it’s in the east
A soul never rests
It’s no small feast
To reach the west
Born in the east
Afraid of the west
Where the beast
Is wholly obsessed
Born in the west
Thinking the east
A thought expressed
Doesn’t even exist
From east to west
We live in agony
Dying without rest
Intertwined destinies
Move along, the West
It’s no small feast
For a soul to not rest
Till it’s in the east
Time and Time Again
The secret of life is not in love
As the opened heart sees
It’s in time below and above
That we learn life’s degrees
Time gives us a simple joy
To experience in sequence
All that we truly hate, enjoy
From the mild to the intense
Allowing us to think through
What we want to do next
To ignore or follow the queue
Of events within their contexts
Without it we can’t appreciate
The romance of a love lost
We wouldn’t be able to wait
Till we’ve paid life’s full cost
Time and time again we gain
An extraordinary chance to live
And eventually, to humbly attain
The ability of our love to give
As the opened heart sees
It’s in time below and above
That we learn life’s degrees
Time gives us a simple joy
To experience in sequence
All that we truly hate, enjoy
From the mild to the intense
Allowing us to think through
What we want to do next
To ignore or follow the queue
Of events within their contexts
Without it we can’t appreciate
The romance of a love lost
We wouldn’t be able to wait
Till we’ve paid life’s full cost
Time and time again we gain
An extraordinary chance to live
And eventually, to humbly attain
The ability of our love to give
Cloudy Sun
Cloudy sun in morning glory
You’ve taken away our hope
Yet your are strong, without pity
Your light shines down our slope
It was a morning like any other
Yet a few knew it was the end
They had prepared for that hour
While the rest talked among friends
Life will never be the same
Without the gold and blue
We’ll strive without aim
Mildly aware of what we knew
Our paths will cross again
As they did yesterday
Trying to remember in vain
What it felt like to know the way
Oh cloudy sun, how cruel
You stand in perpetual motion
I shall miss this eternal duel
As you’ll win without questions
You’ve taken away our hope
Yet your are strong, without pity
Your light shines down our slope
It was a morning like any other
Yet a few knew it was the end
They had prepared for that hour
While the rest talked among friends
Life will never be the same
Without the gold and blue
We’ll strive without aim
Mildly aware of what we knew
Our paths will cross again
As they did yesterday
Trying to remember in vain
What it felt like to know the way
Oh cloudy sun, how cruel
You stand in perpetual motion
I shall miss this eternal duel
As you’ll win without questions
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Wanting Nothing
Out of life, I want nothing
To simply give my whole
Reach the eternal ending
Where I will know it all
In those years in between
Tearing out the book of days
To re-write what I’ve seen
Teaching all in my ways
Listening to my own voice
I’ll repeat the word of Adam
Taking control of each choice
Repeating it ad nauseam
When all would have heard
We’ll stop thinking differently
Humanity finally centered
All able to see so clearly
Then I’ll let go of my ego
And stop learning everything
I’ll experience the true zero
I’ll be wanting nothing
To simply give my whole
Reach the eternal ending
Where I will know it all
In those years in between
Tearing out the book of days
To re-write what I’ve seen
Teaching all in my ways
Listening to my own voice
I’ll repeat the word of Adam
Taking control of each choice
Repeating it ad nauseam
When all would have heard
We’ll stop thinking differently
Humanity finally centered
All able to see so clearly
Then I’ll let go of my ego
And stop learning everything
I’ll experience the true zero
I’ll be wanting nothing
Sphinx
Answer the eternal riddle
Show me the ages of man
Our civilisation’s cradle
Where it all began
On all four we start
Of mind and soul
Neither is apart
Two in one whole
As we reach the two
We think for ourselves
Where nothing is new
Books are on shelves
When the third appear
We comfort our destiny
Open our hearts to hear
The call of this reality
Finally, the sphinx reappears
Ready to listen to our answer
Did we waste all those tears
Waiting for the ever after
Show me the ages of man
Our civilisation’s cradle
Where it all began
On all four we start
Of mind and soul
Neither is apart
Two in one whole
As we reach the two
We think for ourselves
Where nothing is new
Books are on shelves
When the third appear
We comfort our destiny
Open our hearts to hear
The call of this reality
Finally, the sphinx reappears
Ready to listen to our answer
Did we waste all those tears
Waiting for the ever after
Journey To Madness
I traveled the senseless road
To the eternal end of time
Where reason was flawed
And folly taken for sublime
I passed the valley of fantasy
Unaware that I was in it
I would have walked slowly
If I knew where were my feet
Climbing the mountain of hope
I found the unheard off-reality
Where the mirror had to elope
To reflect on its silly destiny
Following the river of dread
Where all I knew drowned
Of myself, I stayed ahead
After all, I was going around
In the end, nothing stopped
Starting again the same journey
I had to decide what to adopt
Madness, folly or to never be
To the eternal end of time
Where reason was flawed
And folly taken for sublime
I passed the valley of fantasy
Unaware that I was in it
I would have walked slowly
If I knew where were my feet
Climbing the mountain of hope
I found the unheard off-reality
Where the mirror had to elope
To reflect on its silly destiny
Following the river of dread
Where all I knew drowned
Of myself, I stayed ahead
After all, I was going around
In the end, nothing stopped
Starting again the same journey
I had to decide what to adopt
Madness, folly or to never be
Heal
Heal thyself, Son of God
Learn the ancient ways
Decide when to be awed
Set your heart ablaze
You own your medicine
In strength, in weakness
Wherever you’ve been
Teach what is ageless
Deep within the recess
Of your soul eternal
Find the word priceless
The sound verbal
Once you’ve learned
What all have let go
Repeat in pure pattern
As above so below
And within no time
You will be at ease
Aware of the sublime
Owner of the lilies
Learn the ancient ways
Decide when to be awed
Set your heart ablaze
You own your medicine
In strength, in weakness
Wherever you’ve been
Teach what is ageless
Deep within the recess
Of your soul eternal
Find the word priceless
The sound verbal
Once you’ve learned
What all have let go
Repeat in pure pattern
As above so below
And within no time
You will be at ease
Aware of the sublime
Owner of the lilies
God’s Work
Are we free to do God’s work
Or is Satan a better employer
In my life, am I but a clerk
Or the star of the morning hour
God’s work seems so far fetch
No knowing where to begin
Our souls we need to stretch
Dead to what we could’ve been
Should we choose the evil glory
Even if for but a moment in time
To be on top, never to feel sorry
Till the call of the angel sublime
If we are of the same blessed image
Why don’t I know right from wrong
Why do I need to become a sage
To understand where I belong
God’s work might be our curse
As we aim to become one again
Tempted by what is perverse
Yet both have the same aim
Or is Satan a better employer
In my life, am I but a clerk
Or the star of the morning hour
God’s work seems so far fetch
No knowing where to begin
Our souls we need to stretch
Dead to what we could’ve been
Should we choose the evil glory
Even if for but a moment in time
To be on top, never to feel sorry
Till the call of the angel sublime
If we are of the same blessed image
Why don’t I know right from wrong
Why do I need to become a sage
To understand where I belong
God’s work might be our curse
As we aim to become one again
Tempted by what is perverse
Yet both have the same aim
Everything We Know
Everything we know matters not
Let’s face it, knowledge is futile
The end is not what we thought
We can keep a life so fragile
As you search to know more
Often more than you need
But creating an idol to adore
Knowledge becomes a creed
We are simple mortal beings
Fearful of the everlasting limit
Searching a different ending
To a life all too often pathetic
How do we grow out of such a rut
Do we take the left or right path
Staying honest or prone to shortcuts
An atheist attacked by God’s wrath
And here lies a paradox ancient
We’d forgotten our true way
Relearn to be a being sentient
Then you’ll know it’s child’s play
Let’s face it, knowledge is futile
The end is not what we thought
We can keep a life so fragile
As you search to know more
Often more than you need
But creating an idol to adore
Knowledge becomes a creed
We are simple mortal beings
Fearful of the everlasting limit
Searching a different ending
To a life all too often pathetic
How do we grow out of such a rut
Do we take the left or right path
Staying honest or prone to shortcuts
An atheist attacked by God’s wrath
And here lies a paradox ancient
We’d forgotten our true way
Relearn to be a being sentient
Then you’ll know it’s child’s play
The Answer
The answer you seek is not in books
It resides neither in words nor in symbols
It’s not written in the stars, don’t look
It wasn’t even written by angels
The answer resides in the question
The one you ask as you wonder
Is this life I own without reason
Does it lead to something better
Here lies a truth we have forgotten
We read without being challenged
By the very thought that’d christen
The new life in which we’d plunged
To search the answer you seek
You need to change your words
Learn reality and its mystique
Listen to the language of the birds
Every question brings its answer
Not in the new idea you received
In the process which got you closer
As you learn not to be deceived
It resides neither in words nor in symbols
It’s not written in the stars, don’t look
It wasn’t even written by angels
The answer resides in the question
The one you ask as you wonder
Is this life I own without reason
Does it lead to something better
Here lies a truth we have forgotten
We read without being challenged
By the very thought that’d christen
The new life in which we’d plunged
To search the answer you seek
You need to change your words
Learn reality and its mystique
Listen to the language of the birds
Every question brings its answer
Not in the new idea you received
In the process which got you closer
As you learn not to be deceived
Nothing
There’s nothing I want
No one I want to meet
No foolish pride to flaunt
Nothing won, no defeat
Nothing has meaning
If you’re alive but alone
Come to the beginning
Live what we’ve known
Nothing makes sense
Today or tomorrow
Not even the sequence
Of the time we borrow
Nothing can be felt
If you have no heart
As you’ve been dealt
A soul unable to start
The world was nothing
It will become again
We are but a plaything
Not even the son of men
No one I want to meet
No foolish pride to flaunt
Nothing won, no defeat
Nothing has meaning
If you’re alive but alone
Come to the beginning
Live what we’ve known
Nothing makes sense
Today or tomorrow
Not even the sequence
Of the time we borrow
Nothing can be felt
If you have no heart
As you’ve been dealt
A soul unable to start
The world was nothing
It will become again
We are but a plaything
Not even the son of men
Nature of Light
It is the real nature of light
To change the mind of nature
Opening the doors of delight
Showing our true future
Darkness would have us endure
A life devoid of the true light
In order to simply ensure
That we die without a fight
The simple candlelight
Can take a sad, dark room
And turn the wrong to right
Chasing forever the gloom
Open your eyes, see the sun
Burning in each other’s heart
Ready to take off and run
Away from what keeps us apart
Such is the nature of light
AS it changes our nature
Giving us that god given right
To be who we are, to nurture
To change the mind of nature
Opening the doors of delight
Showing our true future
Darkness would have us endure
A life devoid of the true light
In order to simply ensure
That we die without a fight
The simple candlelight
Can take a sad, dark room
And turn the wrong to right
Chasing forever the gloom
Open your eyes, see the sun
Burning in each other’s heart
Ready to take off and run
Away from what keeps us apart
Such is the nature of light
AS it changes our nature
Giving us that god given right
To be who we are, to nurture
More Than One
Can you love more than one God
And still be faithful to one only
Would such belief be really odd
Against what we know of reality
What about a friend, a spouse
Wouldn’t you be split apart
Such feeling would arouse
A confusion without a start
For one, the heart wasn’t meant
It belongs to all who truly love
One another without restraint
Without any fear from above
Yet, to learn such a lesson
We need to face heartaches
Without the fear of treason
Ready to make every mistake
For more than one, we were made
As time passes for such reason
To experience a life that evades
Those choosing to ignore the lesson
And still be faithful to one only
Would such belief be really odd
Against what we know of reality
What about a friend, a spouse
Wouldn’t you be split apart
Such feeling would arouse
A confusion without a start
For one, the heart wasn’t meant
It belongs to all who truly love
One another without restraint
Without any fear from above
Yet, to learn such a lesson
We need to face heartaches
Without the fear of treason
Ready to make every mistake
For more than one, we were made
As time passes for such reason
To experience a life that evades
Those choosing to ignore the lesson
Giving-up
Giving-up is a strange sensation
Lost between a reason, an emotion
It feeds upon itself without aim
For a life we can no longer claim
To give-up is a sign of weakness
A gift we own, often senseless
A reason to take another road
An excuse for a logic flawed
Yet it also demonstrate strength
As we often go to great length
To justify one way or another
A reason we chose for the better
Yet in the many crossroads we face
To let go of a way without disgrace
We need to decide which to take
And choose the one to forsake
Choices make us who we are
Our hearts are constantly at war
Between giving-up or taking
The right road without asking
Lost between a reason, an emotion
It feeds upon itself without aim
For a life we can no longer claim
To give-up is a sign of weakness
A gift we own, often senseless
A reason to take another road
An excuse for a logic flawed
Yet it also demonstrate strength
As we often go to great length
To justify one way or another
A reason we chose for the better
Yet in the many crossroads we face
To let go of a way without disgrace
We need to decide which to take
And choose the one to forsake
Choices make us who we are
Our hearts are constantly at war
Between giving-up or taking
The right road without asking
Thursday, October 30, 2008
The Unwritten
Some thoughts better left unsaid
Many stories, better left unwritten
As for each, the price to be paid
Is never worth the lesson given
To those living in quiet folly
As if the sake of another
Mattered more than your story
Either to not be repeated ever
If you live under codes so secret
That you know not whom you serve
One day, you will wake-up to regret
Always, getting what you deserve
To those shadows of history
You lives mattered in the end
Without you, this reality
Will not be so grand
So live as if you counted
Express you deeper opinions
Each light cannot be wasted
We are, after all, legions
Many stories, better left unwritten
As for each, the price to be paid
Is never worth the lesson given
To those living in quiet folly
As if the sake of another
Mattered more than your story
Either to not be repeated ever
If you live under codes so secret
That you know not whom you serve
One day, you will wake-up to regret
Always, getting what you deserve
To those shadows of history
You lives mattered in the end
Without you, this reality
Will not be so grand
So live as if you counted
Express you deeper opinions
Each light cannot be wasted
We are, after all, legions
In Death
In death, I cry not for the departed
I cry for my own selfish sorrow
For I bare not to be cheated
Of those who listened to my ego
Yet in it, I see the life I had
Good, bad and in between
None can truly make me sad
As I know it’s only a scene
All one we are supposed to be
Yet I can only take life selfishly
Centered in my desire to see
And judge all, ever so brashly
So everyday I see my own God
Treasuring the power he gave
Thinking that everyone is awed
By a creation that can’t behave
And in this day, I prepare death
Learning all that I’ll never need
Each as a symbol of the breath
Taken by another who breast-feeds
I cry for my own selfish sorrow
For I bare not to be cheated
Of those who listened to my ego
Yet in it, I see the life I had
Good, bad and in between
None can truly make me sad
As I know it’s only a scene
All one we are supposed to be
Yet I can only take life selfishly
Centered in my desire to see
And judge all, ever so brashly
So everyday I see my own God
Treasuring the power he gave
Thinking that everyone is awed
By a creation that can’t behave
And in this day, I prepare death
Learning all that I’ll never need
Each as a symbol of the breath
Taken by another who breast-feeds
Meaningless
When the greatest words
No longer take you forward
When the best intentions
Are to be seen with suspicion
You know it’s the beginning
Of a life without meaning
Why fight what is inevitable
All our thoughts are brittle
Unable to resist time’s fate
As we feel not love nor hate
Towards ourselves, or the other
Unaware that we become weaker
In the days we’re meant to live
We avoid thinking, yet stay active
As we prefer not to know too much
Should reason reach us and touch
Giving our soul its true meaning
To go forth, even when dying
No longer take you forward
When the best intentions
Are to be seen with suspicion
You know it’s the beginning
Of a life without meaning
Why fight what is inevitable
All our thoughts are brittle
Unable to resist time’s fate
As we feel not love nor hate
Towards ourselves, or the other
Unaware that we become weaker
In the days we’re meant to live
We avoid thinking, yet stay active
As we prefer not to know too much
Should reason reach us and touch
Giving our soul its true meaning
To go forth, even when dying
I am Evil
I am evil
I know that now
I am divine
I know that too
My thoughts, words, acts
Are here to serve no one but me
Your happiness, as it happens
A by-product of a misplaced will
Yet my happiness depends on you
Here lies the unknown paradox
For to know you are evil
The divine light has to be burning
I am evil
I know that now
I am divine
I know that too
I know that now
I am divine
I know that too
My thoughts, words, acts
Are here to serve no one but me
Your happiness, as it happens
A by-product of a misplaced will
Yet my happiness depends on you
Here lies the unknown paradox
For to know you are evil
The divine light has to be burning
I am evil
I know that now
I am divine
I know that too
The Future
Keep an eye on the future
It will soon be yesterday
In an unforgiving gesture
Time erases the way
Is it written in the stars
That you shall pass on
Should you travel far
To start, as in ‘once upon’
Is your past the source
Of a tomorrow you hate
Or but another course
In the life that awaits
Thinking only of tomorrow
And forgetting the present
Brings a reality full of sorrow
For loosing such a moment
The past , the future live today
Nothing will ever matter more
Than the second giving way
To another, a sister, a whore
It will soon be yesterday
In an unforgiving gesture
Time erases the way
Is it written in the stars
That you shall pass on
Should you travel far
To start, as in ‘once upon’
Is your past the source
Of a tomorrow you hate
Or but another course
In the life that awaits
Thinking only of tomorrow
And forgetting the present
Brings a reality full of sorrow
For loosing such a moment
The past , the future live today
Nothing will ever matter more
Than the second giving way
To another, a sister, a whore
What the...
What the fuck am I doing here?
Why did I forget what I'd learned?
Nothing I see is as it appears
My memories, weren’t they earned?
Why don’t I have a map, a goal?
Why aren't we working together?
To reach the ultimate whole
The one who made us actors
Where on earth is this heaven?
Than the chosen ones talk about
We constantly have to outrun
The feelings that make us doubt
Where am I going at such speed?
Will I be better off once there?
Why am I judged by my deeds?
What of thoughts and nightmares?
What the fuck am I doing here?
Why come if it’s to go back?
There, there was nothing to fear
Here, everything is rather black
Why did I forget what I'd learned?
Nothing I see is as it appears
My memories, weren’t they earned?
Why don’t I have a map, a goal?
Why aren't we working together?
To reach the ultimate whole
The one who made us actors
Where on earth is this heaven?
Than the chosen ones talk about
We constantly have to outrun
The feelings that make us doubt
Where am I going at such speed?
Will I be better off once there?
Why am I judged by my deeds?
What of thoughts and nightmares?
What the fuck am I doing here?
Why come if it’s to go back?
There, there was nothing to fear
Here, everything is rather black
Listen to Nature
Listen to nature, it speaks not
Yet its every word transcend
Everything we thought we forgot
From the beginning till the end
Nature was here before us
As a planet, a god, a goddess
As we remain fearful, anxious
We know it knows we’re careless
We’ve forgotten the words in the wind
They’re truth has gone from our lips
The old contract we chose to rescind
And live by the wit of our quips
Of all the problems we’ve ever faced
Nature had the answer all along
As the sons of the fallen, the disgraced
We thought we would never be wrong
Listen to nature, to God, it’s the same path
In the Garden of Eden we already live
And to those who believe in its wrath
Never forget nature’s capacity to forgive
Yet its every word transcend
Everything we thought we forgot
From the beginning till the end
Nature was here before us
As a planet, a god, a goddess
As we remain fearful, anxious
We know it knows we’re careless
We’ve forgotten the words in the wind
They’re truth has gone from our lips
The old contract we chose to rescind
And live by the wit of our quips
Of all the problems we’ve ever faced
Nature had the answer all along
As the sons of the fallen, the disgraced
We thought we would never be wrong
Listen to nature, to God, it’s the same path
In the Garden of Eden we already live
And to those who believe in its wrath
Never forget nature’s capacity to forgive
Without Sound
Life is sound
Words are sound
Music is sound
Life is sound
Sound of life
Plays simply
Endless strife
Our glory
Words vibrate
Dance eternal
Forever eight
Nothing final
Music lives
In all hearts
All captive
Divine Art
Without sound
We cease
Nothing abound
We decrease
Words are sound
Music is sound
Life is sound
Sound of life
Plays simply
Endless strife
Our glory
Words vibrate
Dance eternal
Forever eight
Nothing final
Music lives
In all hearts
All captive
Divine Art
Without sound
We cease
Nothing abound
We decrease
Connected
How are we connected
You I know nothing of
What string enchanted
Can never keep us off
You are my mirror
As you sit facing me
It’s not an error
We are who we see
Each thought you claim
Belongs to me, to another
As we are but the same
Yet we’ll never surrender
As we watch our lives differ
Unaware we think the same
We couldn’t be prouder
Of the one we’re about to blame
We are children of the same thought
A word we have long since forgotten
We strive to ignore what we’ve taught
To ensure no one will ever listen
You I know nothing of
What string enchanted
Can never keep us off
You are my mirror
As you sit facing me
It’s not an error
We are who we see
Each thought you claim
Belongs to me, to another
As we are but the same
Yet we’ll never surrender
As we watch our lives differ
Unaware we think the same
We couldn’t be prouder
Of the one we’re about to blame
We are children of the same thought
A word we have long since forgotten
We strive to ignore what we’ve taught
To ensure no one will ever listen
Don’t
Don’t let me destroy you
In my thoughts, in my words
With you, I want nothing to do
Rather than act as a bastard
Don’t even think of the same
For I’ll fight till the bitter end
Realise, this is not a game
It’s for our lives that we fend
Don’t criticize what you know not
Embrace it, ignore it, pass it on
For an idea could save our lot
Unless killed by a moron
Don’t let me define you
For what do I know
I barely have a clue
Of my own ego
Don’t, simply don’t
Yourself you must build
As others won’t
Stop when fulfilled
In my thoughts, in my words
With you, I want nothing to do
Rather than act as a bastard
Don’t even think of the same
For I’ll fight till the bitter end
Realise, this is not a game
It’s for our lives that we fend
Don’t criticize what you know not
Embrace it, ignore it, pass it on
For an idea could save our lot
Unless killed by a moron
Don’t let me define you
For what do I know
I barely have a clue
Of my own ego
Don’t, simply don’t
Yourself you must build
As others won’t
Stop when fulfilled
The Fourth Day
On the fourth day
The sun shone
The moon gave way
Greater, lesser, alone
Since such elusive lights
We’ve learned much more
Yet we still keep up the fight
Uncertain of what to adore
The fourth day lights
Of such outer dimension
Gives us no insights
Not even a reason
This truth we seek
Makes us mad
For we are weak
Possibly sad
As what you seek
Comes in three
A trinity mystique
Inwards, we’re free
The sun shone
The moon gave way
Greater, lesser, alone
Since such elusive lights
We’ve learned much more
Yet we still keep up the fight
Uncertain of what to adore
The fourth day lights
Of such outer dimension
Gives us no insights
Not even a reason
This truth we seek
Makes us mad
For we are weak
Possibly sad
As what you seek
Comes in three
A trinity mystique
Inwards, we’re free
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Rules
We live by rules
Or die by them
We must be a tool
In our own poem
Timeless edicts
Lost in our past
Each critics
Ideas so vast
Rules save us
From stupidity
Never anxious
To behave badly
God or man made
They are the same
As in us we fade
When we blame
The gift of rules
Evades logic
Taking the fools
In tragic magic
Or die by them
We must be a tool
In our own poem
Timeless edicts
Lost in our past
Each critics
Ideas so vast
Rules save us
From stupidity
Never anxious
To behave badly
God or man made
They are the same
As in us we fade
When we blame
The gift of rules
Evades logic
Taking the fools
In tragic magic
Death Takes So Much
Death takes so much
Yet gives us so little
Unless you touch
A God so brittle
Is it the beginning
Or an end so dark
What of our being
What of our spark
Is there nothing
Is heaven waiting
For us to be dying
Of a soul never ending
Why can't we remember
What we've forgotten
Was it much brighter
Than this role given
Death has already taken
Those we loved so dear
It can wait till we're broken
To alleviate our fear
Yet gives us so little
Unless you touch
A God so brittle
Is it the beginning
Or an end so dark
What of our being
What of our spark
Is there nothing
Is heaven waiting
For us to be dying
Of a soul never ending
Why can't we remember
What we've forgotten
Was it much brighter
Than this role given
Death has already taken
Those we loved so dear
It can wait till we're broken
To alleviate our fear
Battles
No one wins a war
We only lose people
When we go so far
We forget our role
Battles of the many
Decided by the few
No one else can see
The reason in folly
Training, re-training
Till nothing's left to learn
Ultimate goal, winning
Even if we burn
We battled everyday
A cunning enemy
Who wants his way
We are it, you see
Listen to the call
Before the fall
So for one, for all
We battle our soul
We only lose people
When we go so far
We forget our role
Battles of the many
Decided by the few
No one else can see
The reason in folly
Training, re-training
Till nothing's left to learn
Ultimate goal, winning
Even if we burn
We battled everyday
A cunning enemy
Who wants his way
We are it, you see
Listen to the call
Before the fall
So for one, for all
We battle our soul
Creation
How could the one, perfect
Create such an imperfection
Unless we are but the subject
Of the theory of the question
To create is divine for sure
Making things up from within
There is nothing more pure
To express the yang, the yin
We can all create whatever
With or, often, without an aim
To toil at it all day with ardour
Let our mind go without refrain
So we are perfect by default
Born in this state unwilling
We ignore that blessed salt
In favour of endless babbling
This given life, we created
Playing God for the fun of it
Till we realise it's enchanted
We'll praise the wrong culprit
Create such an imperfection
Unless we are but the subject
Of the theory of the question
To create is divine for sure
Making things up from within
There is nothing more pure
To express the yang, the yin
We can all create whatever
With or, often, without an aim
To toil at it all day with ardour
Let our mind go without refrain
So we are perfect by default
Born in this state unwilling
We ignore that blessed salt
In favour of endless babbling
This given life, we created
Playing God for the fun of it
Till we realise it's enchanted
We'll praise the wrong culprit
No Name, No Stone
How many have passed away
Forgotten, no name, no stone
Souls with nothing left to say
Lives gone, cut to the bone
Each but a library of emotions
Crushed between joy and hate
Surrendering always to passions
To their death they were not late
Remembering some in thoughts
Countless lost to the depth of time
In what dream were they caught?
Forgetting them is not a crime
Yet they made us who we are
Their simple lives mattered
They're in us, how bizarre
They silent prayer, answered
No name, no stone for the common
Only remembered by their children
They're presence was a summon
Let's live as if we were in heaven
Forgotten, no name, no stone
Souls with nothing left to say
Lives gone, cut to the bone
Each but a library of emotions
Crushed between joy and hate
Surrendering always to passions
To their death they were not late
Remembering some in thoughts
Countless lost to the depth of time
In what dream were they caught?
Forgetting them is not a crime
Yet they made us who we are
Their simple lives mattered
They're in us, how bizarre
They silent prayer, answered
No name, no stone for the common
Only remembered by their children
They're presence was a summon
Let's live as if we were in heaven
Place Your Faith
Place your faith in another
And you will be disappointed
Yet you might a lost brother
In the secret of a life wounded
Place your faith in the material
And you might even be fated
Yet despite annoying trials
You life could be boosted
Place your faith in the spirit
And you could be anointed
You might even have merit
And live a life enchanted
Place your faith in God
And you could be forgiven
You might even find it odd
That your sins lead to heaven
Place your faith in you
And you could be right
Between evil and virtue
You might win without a fight
But for the life of me
Your faith must be placed
None of these roads will be easy
At least, your soul won't go to waste
And you will be disappointed
Yet you might a lost brother
In the secret of a life wounded
Place your faith in the material
And you might even be fated
Yet despite annoying trials
You life could be boosted
Place your faith in the spirit
And you could be anointed
You might even have merit
And live a life enchanted
Place your faith in God
And you could be forgiven
You might even find it odd
That your sins lead to heaven
Place your faith in you
And you could be right
Between evil and virtue
You might win without a fight
But for the life of me
Your faith must be placed
None of these roads will be easy
At least, your soul won't go to waste
Time Less
Less time makes sense
We spin around forever
Always in the past tense
We loose life in the hour
For the now is all there is
Just as yesterday was now
Tomorrow will be a tease
Another now we will allow
Timelessness is such a curse
Yet, the source of all we are
So many angels are perverse
Turning demons into a star
What is a mission without end
When the second has turned
Will you remember the hand
That was never returned
Logic and emotions fail
When time is less than it is
For every life we derail
Death comes with such ease
We spin around forever
Always in the past tense
We loose life in the hour
For the now is all there is
Just as yesterday was now
Tomorrow will be a tease
Another now we will allow
Timelessness is such a curse
Yet, the source of all we are
So many angels are perverse
Turning demons into a star
What is a mission without end
When the second has turned
Will you remember the hand
That was never returned
Logic and emotions fail
When time is less than it is
For every life we derail
Death comes with such ease
Jaded
There is nothing interesting
No questions really answered
All Gods eventually disappointing
No words truly meaningful
No thoughts actually challenging
This is the end of the world
Jaded to death, not ready to die
How to find the magic of life
To keep on living with hope
When all dreams are gone
No reasons left to progress
Not even a spark of sadness
Can keep us truly alive
A long list of pseudo-reasons
Keep us from moving on
Even such euphemism
Carries no meaning anymore
No pain, no joy, no present
Days are timeless, endless
No questions really answered
All Gods eventually disappointing
No words truly meaningful
No thoughts actually challenging
This is the end of the world
Jaded to death, not ready to die
How to find the magic of life
To keep on living with hope
When all dreams are gone
No reasons left to progress
Not even a spark of sadness
Can keep us truly alive
A long list of pseudo-reasons
Keep us from moving on
Even such euphemism
Carries no meaning anymore
No pain, no joy, no present
Days are timeless, endless
Failed Yet Again
Failure is not an option
It is but a way of life
A gift far from reason
The end of endless strife
To fail is to try, isn't it?
Two words many hate
Nothing is so sweet
As to win against fate
How many time must you
Before you learn reality
There's nothing to do
But to admire its beauty
Failing despite ourselves
Just as we succeed
A book full of shelves
Of all the mistakes we need
Failing is a curse
Killer of the soul
Nothing disperse
The giver of role
It is but a way of life
A gift far from reason
The end of endless strife
To fail is to try, isn't it?
Two words many hate
Nothing is so sweet
As to win against fate
How many time must you
Before you learn reality
There's nothing to do
But to admire its beauty
Failing despite ourselves
Just as we succeed
A book full of shelves
Of all the mistakes we need
Failing is a curse
Killer of the soul
Nothing disperse
The giver of role
Be a Friend
If you want friends
Be one they say
Be one till the end
There's no other way
Yet there are days
Best spent alone
As what one says
Can't be sown
And what of those
Taking for granted
That their own woes
By us be waited
What is a friend
But our own mirror
Of a different hand
Of other joys, horrors
Be a friend
Nothing matters
But the joy you send
Received by others
Be one they say
Be one till the end
There's no other way
Yet there are days
Best spent alone
As what one says
Can't be sown
And what of those
Taking for granted
That their own woes
By us be waited
What is a friend
But our own mirror
Of a different hand
Of other joys, horrors
Be a friend
Nothing matters
But the joy you send
Received by others
Faults & Virtues
Between fault and virtue
Choosing should be easy
Yet when nothing's due
We balance freely
Virtue has good morals
A simplicity strenuous
For all of us mortals
Nothing is so serious
Each Fault has its beauty
Cherished among Gods
How to deny them really
As they are, against all odds
Mistresses of us fools
Twin sisters of time
Evolving without rules
Your control is sublime
Oh fault, oh virtue
Do not make us choose
Give us what is true
Do not let us loose
Choosing should be easy
Yet when nothing's due
We balance freely
Virtue has good morals
A simplicity strenuous
For all of us mortals
Nothing is so serious
Each Fault has its beauty
Cherished among Gods
How to deny them really
As they are, against all odds
Mistresses of us fools
Twin sisters of time
Evolving without rules
Your control is sublime
Oh fault, oh virtue
Do not make us choose
Give us what is true
Do not let us loose
Blame
I'll never blame you
Even for that thought
You did what you knew
It's nobody's fault
Quite the contrary
Your life I admire
Being there for me
At every hour
Did you blame me
For not answering
Unwilling to see
What I'd be missing
I am to blame for all
A responsibility I fear
It's easier to build a wall
And let others be in tears
Often we blame others
For a fault of our own
Everywhere are mirrors
That easily condone
Even for that thought
You did what you knew
It's nobody's fault
Quite the contrary
Your life I admire
Being there for me
At every hour
Did you blame me
For not answering
Unwilling to see
What I'd be missing
I am to blame for all
A responsibility I fear
It's easier to build a wall
And let others be in tears
Often we blame others
For a fault of our own
Everywhere are mirrors
That easily condone
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Mundane
Behold the mundane flower
Who owns a terrible secret
The knowledge of her power
Will feel you with regrets
Behold the mundane face
Who we scorn at every turn
As she’s trying to efface
A passion that all will burn
Behold the mundane bee
Carrier of the old word
Busying herself silly
A sister well mannered
Behold the mundane thought
Carrying the essence of creation
Originating in the eternal naught
Source of the power of question
Behold the mundane
Let’s not judge what we see
It would make us insane
To be unable to foresee
Who owns a terrible secret
The knowledge of her power
Will feel you with regrets
Behold the mundane face
Who we scorn at every turn
As she’s trying to efface
A passion that all will burn
Behold the mundane bee
Carrier of the old word
Busying herself silly
A sister well mannered
Behold the mundane thought
Carrying the essence of creation
Originating in the eternal naught
Source of the power of question
Behold the mundane
Let’s not judge what we see
It would make us insane
To be unable to foresee
Spiritual Overdose
When is enough truly enough
When the spiritual has no appeal
When philosophy feels like bluff
When life has nothing to reveal
Too much inner searching
Makes me forget who I am
What is it that I’m dreaming?
Why does it feel like a sham?
Reaching a point of no return
Lost between two beliefs
With no difference to discern
Isn’t it time to turn a new leaf?
But without a spiritual slant
How to live a life of meaning?
No stories to a day enchant
Is life truly worth living?
Here lies the hypocrisy
To reach such discontent
I took a path so uneasy
And lived with intent
When the spiritual has no appeal
When philosophy feels like bluff
When life has nothing to reveal
Too much inner searching
Makes me forget who I am
What is it that I’m dreaming?
Why does it feel like a sham?
Reaching a point of no return
Lost between two beliefs
With no difference to discern
Isn’t it time to turn a new leaf?
But without a spiritual slant
How to live a life of meaning?
No stories to a day enchant
Is life truly worth living?
Here lies the hypocrisy
To reach such discontent
I took a path so uneasy
And lived with intent
Joy
Joy is in all moments
To realise this power
Be in the same instant
Do not think of the hour
Write about joy always
Even in deepest sorrow
It's a feeling that stays
Even with no tomorrow
It is hard to never doubt
To find joy everywhere
Yet in every word you shout
Plant a seed to kill despair
Joy is a choice we make
With our lives, our thoughts
Nothing can make us break
If we accept to be taught
Rejoice in the love that abounds
When you open your heart
To others, to the world around
See the beauty in every fart
To realise this power
Be in the same instant
Do not think of the hour
Write about joy always
Even in deepest sorrow
It's a feeling that stays
Even with no tomorrow
It is hard to never doubt
To find joy everywhere
Yet in every word you shout
Plant a seed to kill despair
Joy is a choice we make
With our lives, our thoughts
Nothing can make us break
If we accept to be taught
Rejoice in the love that abounds
When you open your heart
To others, to the world around
See the beauty in every fart
My Friend The Sun
Waking-up in the morning
Shedding the night for glory
It's a sight that few are seeing
Caught-up in their own destiny
Ah you, my old friend the sun
Growing stronger as you fade
As you start another sky run
Nourish man, each grass blade
We see you in all the shadows
Dressing our streets, our fields
In every single seed that grows
In every darkness that yields
Here before us, once a centre
We finally saw your circle
No longer the god of the hour
Yet the seal of an angel
I praise the day that saw your birth
In four spoken words you came atop
I am thankful to know your worth
And pray to never see you drop
Shedding the night for glory
It's a sight that few are seeing
Caught-up in their own destiny
Ah you, my old friend the sun
Growing stronger as you fade
As you start another sky run
Nourish man, each grass blade
We see you in all the shadows
Dressing our streets, our fields
In every single seed that grows
In every darkness that yields
Here before us, once a centre
We finally saw your circle
No longer the god of the hour
Yet the seal of an angel
I praise the day that saw your birth
In four spoken words you came atop
I am thankful to know your worth
And pray to never see you drop
The Worst, The Best
We are the worst
And yet still the best
Exploding in a burst
Of our ego’s unrest
Fleeting between the two
Living in complete insanity
As in fact we have no clue
Which one is our destiny
If you’re the worst there is
Then choose to be the best
Ignore morale for it carries
The potential to be blessed
If you’re the best in all eternity
Then learn from the worst
For in darkness lies the reality
A good thought is easily cursed
For all with no choice in the matter
Seeding the worst with our silence
Knowing that we could be better
As we live in imperfect balance
And yet still the best
Exploding in a burst
Of our ego’s unrest
Fleeting between the two
Living in complete insanity
As in fact we have no clue
Which one is our destiny
If you’re the worst there is
Then choose to be the best
Ignore morale for it carries
The potential to be blessed
If you’re the best in all eternity
Then learn from the worst
For in darkness lies the reality
A good thought is easily cursed
For all with no choice in the matter
Seeding the worst with our silence
Knowing that we could be better
As we live in imperfect balance
Sacrifice
What would you give to get what you want
How much of your soul would you sell?
Would you bargain your life to be savant?
Would you willingly enter the gates of hell?
We want it all, without a single sacrifice
We give what we have to have more
As to evil we come of our own device
Pushed by a force we often implore
Yet sacrifice requires a belief
For with no faith in anything
Life and death can only be brief
A thought in the eyes of the dying
Feel no shame if you never give
Who’s to say that this is the way
For no one knows your true motive
Even a sacrifice can lead you astray
If you believe in sacrifice for the greater good
Pray to your God, repent your sinful ways
Use your will to seek and achieve sainthood
For your faith will not survive the end of days
How much of your soul would you sell?
Would you bargain your life to be savant?
Would you willingly enter the gates of hell?
We want it all, without a single sacrifice
We give what we have to have more
As to evil we come of our own device
Pushed by a force we often implore
Yet sacrifice requires a belief
For with no faith in anything
Life and death can only be brief
A thought in the eyes of the dying
Feel no shame if you never give
Who’s to say that this is the way
For no one knows your true motive
Even a sacrifice can lead you astray
If you believe in sacrifice for the greater good
Pray to your God, repent your sinful ways
Use your will to seek and achieve sainthood
For your faith will not survive the end of days
Finish
Finish school, finish what you've started
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise
While by freedom you'll be tempted
To be dependent on others isn't wise
From start to finish, we stumble
Often sleeping, sometimes awaken
To a glorious role all but humble
Jeopardised by an ego unshaken
It’s easy to start anything no one needs
Giving your life to prove them wrong
Going against all odds, all good deeds
Showing them who’s truly strong
But to know what the world needs
Despite its claim for what it wants
To give it all, reframing all creeds
Ignoring pains that forever haunts
For your own sake, start doing
And once in a while, finish a few
For it is easier to be dreaming
Than to come-up with something new
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise
While by freedom you'll be tempted
To be dependent on others isn't wise
From start to finish, we stumble
Often sleeping, sometimes awaken
To a glorious role all but humble
Jeopardised by an ego unshaken
It’s easy to start anything no one needs
Giving your life to prove them wrong
Going against all odds, all good deeds
Showing them who’s truly strong
But to know what the world needs
Despite its claim for what it wants
To give it all, reframing all creeds
Ignoring pains that forever haunts
For your own sake, start doing
And once in a while, finish a few
For it is easier to be dreaming
Than to come-up with something new
Chance
Chance favours the ready
Or so the lucky ones say
Enjoying a life we envy
From risk we stay away
Taking a chance in life
Whether we act or learn
Unable to limit strife
Never to kill all concerns
Is there any other way
But to listen to chance
Who can truly say
The result of romance
Chance is a love affair
With a life full of wonders
Of each moment to be aware
To learn for all those errors
Take a chance, don’t give up
Stand tall and claim your right
Make mistakes, do not backup
Life is the best of all fights
Or so the lucky ones say
Enjoying a life we envy
From risk we stay away
Taking a chance in life
Whether we act or learn
Unable to limit strife
Never to kill all concerns
Is there any other way
But to listen to chance
Who can truly say
The result of romance
Chance is a love affair
With a life full of wonders
Of each moment to be aware
To learn for all those errors
Take a chance, don’t give up
Stand tall and claim your right
Make mistakes, do not backup
Life is the best of all fights
Silence Speaks
Silence speaks to me
In a way words can't
Unable to even see
Their double slant
All real wisdom
Is gained in silence
Can you fathom
Such a wild trance
Silence doesn't exist
Without some noise
A twin each resist
In search of its voice
Silence actually speaks
To those ready to hear
Its soft voice, soft music
Plays without fear
Open your heart, your soul
To the role of silence true
Stop, admire, take a stroll
Take it in, as the wise do
In a way words can't
Unable to even see
Their double slant
All real wisdom
Is gained in silence
Can you fathom
Such a wild trance
Silence doesn't exist
Without some noise
A twin each resist
In search of its voice
Silence actually speaks
To those ready to hear
Its soft voice, soft music
Plays without fear
Open your heart, your soul
To the role of silence true
Stop, admire, take a stroll
Take it in, as the wise do
Change
Words change my soul
That's their main duty
To reveal my life's role
And make me free
You change me further
Revealing a side of me
That none with rigueur
Can respect or agree
Changing with a thought
Following a shallow whim
Our actions have but taught
Nothing's stronger than a dream
It's in taking a different path
That we learn who we are
Where lies the greener grass
Often in a field forever afar
Change for real or to please
Another soul with whom you are
But change, never stand at ease
For you'll die before your star
That's their main duty
To reveal my life's role
And make me free
You change me further
Revealing a side of me
That none with rigueur
Can respect or agree
Changing with a thought
Following a shallow whim
Our actions have but taught
Nothing's stronger than a dream
It's in taking a different path
That we learn who we are
Where lies the greener grass
Often in a field forever afar
Change for real or to please
Another soul with whom you are
But change, never stand at ease
For you'll die before your star
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Fallen Heroes
They live in ours memories
Those who died as heroes
Marching to greater glories
Or helpers in the shadows
Ah, to be a hero in your eyes
To feel an embracing glare
So dependent on the prize
So attached to the air
Do you know such a person
Who gave life and possessions
To follow another's reason
To the highest missions
What about the simple soul
Who helped you in time dire
Without questions, nor control
Forgetting even his own desire
Those heroes who have fallen
Lead armies or a life simple
Both never to be beaten
By our ungrateful wrangle
Those who died as heroes
Marching to greater glories
Or helpers in the shadows
Ah, to be a hero in your eyes
To feel an embracing glare
So dependent on the prize
So attached to the air
Do you know such a person
Who gave life and possessions
To follow another's reason
To the highest missions
What about the simple soul
Who helped you in time dire
Without questions, nor control
Forgetting even his own desire
Those heroes who have fallen
Lead armies or a life simple
Both never to be beaten
By our ungrateful wrangle
A Taste For The World
Develop a taste for the world
Be materialistic till the end
For life has to be hurled
To know the way to ascend
Criticise no more the pagan
Who makes love to the earth
Aware that he is a brahman
In the eyes of your birth
Try everything there is
Learn all you can learn
From health to disease
Reclaim the right to burn
Let your passions come out
Remove the barriers inside
Destroy the smallest doubt
Let the bland step aside
This taste for the world
Will follow you forever
It might feel awkward
As you are who you were
Be materialistic till the end
For life has to be hurled
To know the way to ascend
Criticise no more the pagan
Who makes love to the earth
Aware that he is a brahman
In the eyes of your birth
Try everything there is
Learn all you can learn
From health to disease
Reclaim the right to burn
Let your passions come out
Remove the barriers inside
Destroy the smallest doubt
Let the bland step aside
This taste for the world
Will follow you forever
It might feel awkward
As you are who you were
We Have
We have a power none possess
A vision of the world ours alone
What we do in our mind's recess
Is but ours to know, to own
We have the power to hurt
Ourselves, even another
Yet to love endlessly, to flirt
It is our right, our honour
We have the power to kill
With a careful thought, a word
And as our lives stand still
We are orphans, often cowards
We have the power to help
Those we love, we hate
For each emotion felt
We seal our life, our fate
We have the power to know
What no one else knows
Without restriction, nor bravado
We ignore what another shows
A vision of the world ours alone
What we do in our mind's recess
Is but ours to know, to own
We have the power to hurt
Ourselves, even another
Yet to love endlessly, to flirt
It is our right, our honour
We have the power to kill
With a careful thought, a word
And as our lives stand still
We are orphans, often cowards
We have the power to help
Those we love, we hate
For each emotion felt
We seal our life, our fate
We have the power to know
What no one else knows
Without restriction, nor bravado
We ignore what another shows
Time Makes No Sense
Time makes no sense
To the untrained eye
A random sequence
Forcing us to die
To the religious
It leads to liberation
Yet they're envious
Of those with reason
To the intellectual
It's but a measure
Of that we know all
Without any pleasure
As for the rest of us
It's the sun, the moon
It makes us anxious
As it running out soon
Time makes no sense
There is only now
Yet in its defense
To pass, I'll allow
To the untrained eye
A random sequence
Forcing us to die
To the religious
It leads to liberation
Yet they're envious
Of those with reason
To the intellectual
It's but a measure
Of that we know all
Without any pleasure
As for the rest of us
It's the sun, the moon
It makes us anxious
As it running out soon
Time makes no sense
There is only now
Yet in its defense
To pass, I'll allow
Temptation
Lead me into temptation
Foolish Gods of this age
Make me forget reason
Me, the unwilling sage
Tempt me with your soul
Show me what it takes
To forget my sad role
To live as a true fake
Forgetting my opinion
It's value so unproven
Ignoring my position
I stand deeply uneven
It would be so easy
To see another's view
Nothing would be free
To us who nothing's due
To tempt is to want
What we can't have
Even if it will flaunt
Any pleasure we derive
Foolish Gods of this age
Make me forget reason
Me, the unwilling sage
Tempt me with your soul
Show me what it takes
To forget my sad role
To live as a true fake
Forgetting my opinion
It's value so unproven
Ignoring my position
I stand deeply uneven
It would be so easy
To see another's view
Nothing would be free
To us who nothing's due
To tempt is to want
What we can't have
Even if it will flaunt
Any pleasure we derive
More
You've done more for me
Than I've done for you
Without asking for a fee
Sans demander un sou
With less to our name
Than a dream of hope
We long less for fame
And more to be taught
Yet, this world of ours
Is more than we need
Our lives it devours
After we succeed
There is always more
Than we aspire to
It is deep in our core
If it's not we, then who?
For the other's at fault
As we justify our lives
Greedy without halt
Barely able to survive
You'll always do more for me
Than I can ever do for others
It is a deplorable destiny
To depend on your favours
Than I've done for you
Without asking for a fee
Sans demander un sou
With less to our name
Than a dream of hope
We long less for fame
And more to be taught
Yet, this world of ours
Is more than we need
Our lives it devours
After we succeed
There is always more
Than we aspire to
It is deep in our core
If it's not we, then who?
For the other's at fault
As we justify our lives
Greedy without halt
Barely able to survive
You'll always do more for me
Than I can ever do for others
It is a deplorable destiny
To depend on your favours
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