Saturday, February 6, 2016

Build like Lagos

We watch for images, a reflection of self, an assortment of eyes; to shine come trauma, worthy of a war, to advocate for human rights; such is passé, and ever before us, to articulate an essay. I often wonder—of gut beliefs, to give a living soul; to see it right side out, cringing the sights, a world made callous; but not the roots, to yearn for peace, to engender a kind caress.     We admire love—ever the reach, to wince from love; for much the obligation, to live the professional, to grade our friends. Some would contend, to finally see, a bias slant; but oh the root, ever at tic-tac-toe, to garner affection; so more to stories, the lives of humans, ever my brother—and ever my sister.     The soul is vigil, a bit too silent, to wrestle the mind; whereat are hassles, an ideal castle, swimming through sludge and marsh; but sights are vivid, the world of waterfalls, an inward oasis; oh the colors, morphing through greens, the passion of a cave; where women reach, to paint the politics, an emphasis on plight; and oh the psychic, to parallel lives, as torn as opened mail.     We saw for flames, the fire of stars, to alter destiny—and oh to live it, the benefits of rain, a need to hope; we scold at random, to contribute but a fraction, to etch neglect; but not the roots, singing for sailing, as courageous as a kind gesture; in fact for lights, to piecemeal a city, to finally feel for cores: “It was ever me—the vessel of this pain—and terrified of living.”     It’s more parameters, where often it’s us, struggling for a solution; but once it was, the hands of power—and still it lives—the hands of power.     We feel it deeply, an inner breach, beyond the intellect—and scratching presence, to itch for reasons, floating through images.    

Immemorial times those feelings affected by lusts.

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