Monday, May 8, 2023

Ruth Grows

 

Most things are unnecessary. To become life. A gem in a jewel, a bag of deceit, made deliberate. A man

 

has a harder road. He must be a man. A woman has a demanding road, she must drive straight. Blaming

 

is outdated. We discuss the inhumane. We see characteristics, some are wonderful. I can’t

 

remember peace until, it became what now haunts the ache, dear souls! I go casual. I lose sleep. I

 

imagine the new life. Years in, one heartbroken, to dedicate it to ensuring it flows with indifference.

 

Hatred shares itself. Love should be selective. In dying jazz, we arise in blues, connected through

 

bulbs and music the art killing the artists. I knew you were opened, cracked at core, and he never

 

imagined it; you held me in contempt of person, knowing I could see, coy, shattered, and made to

 

direct energies; falling of its science, giggles muffled, hating him, disputing who should take his

 

blame. Eucalyptus and candledust. Memories and debate. To have spoken a word, to have come so

 

close, in degrading morals, another is made to smile. I don’t think it exists. I don’t think it matters.

 

Most seem to chase after dystopia—calling it majesty. I give it little thought. By indifference the

 

sun is shining. I control nothing. In desire, I realize, most desire an image, a musical, a culture, better, a

 

status. It has nothing to do with us. Something you should know, and I know not what it is. By chase,

 

by eternity, by more lies. In loving, a soul must become an inner machine, a caveat for self. By

 

weather the pain as weaved to look closely and die of disbelief. To adore so dearly the one so

 

aggravated, desperate to make religion its ideal. In aging, ruth grows.   

Strumming a Harp

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