Thursday, December 23, 2021

Does Individuality Promise Security?

 

so unreal—floating on stars—filled with penchants; so guilty of failing, so excited on exhilaration—the hope those eyes give. so surreal, it becomes mundane, one must see extraordinary. like blackholes—suffocating winds—sunk into each other … no greater death, no greater life, suspended in air, solitary life, proud to have defeated the dragon; refueled, it’s been so long, how a simple gesture becomes sexuality!

such need for seduction, such need for comfort, if to practice our securities …

feeling unprotected, taking protection for granted, so rich, so predestined, such presupposition …

inside a cedarchest—sits a diary; the writing is violent, tragic, southern slavery.

contradiction aches—churning corners, such absolute nonsense … drive of flames, rekindled with time, chasing treasure troves.

so unreal—floating on stars—filled with penchants;

I must invest in others—without guarantee—they’ll invest in me. beyond sarcasm, this is life, only then does it happen.

many married early. more waited. the beauty of his bride.

elements wished for become tradeoffs; minds run astray; imaginings are blackholes.

I am gazed upon—for another’s ideals, it seems, all of us have pillars, bricks, immoveable invisibility. I clung until life unwrapped itself, I dangled in limbo, I desire what I fail to sustain—like lizards in parks, sights keep coming, I wonder, if a colleague, would frowns triumph so greatly?

the inside wars with its appearance. one might become resentful. the debate becomes: What should occupy our lives? better: Does this conflict with our instincts? if so: What brings happiness, versus, What seems possible through early indoctrination?

There are natures, sacrifices, rightness, societal wrongness.   

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