“AWAKENING MINDS”

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just different 2 min read 322 views Apr 24, 2025

NIGH

THE END IS NIGH

PERPLEXED IS I

TOTALLY VEXED IN I

I SURPRESS MY CRY

COMPRESSED MY VIBE

USING MY DIALECT & INTELLECT

TO RESURRECT THAT WHICH DIED

TOO MANY THINGS ONCE WENT OVER ME

BUT THIS IS NOW SOBER ME

A BIT ANXIOUS, MAYBE A TAD BIT OVERLY

MOROSE, MELANCHOLIC & BLUE LIKE GROVER BE

AND THOUGH I CHOSE TO PROVOKE

THE IGNOBLE FOLK GLOBALLY

I EVOKE EMOTIONAL SOULS OF HIGHS AND LOW LOCALLY

AND I DISCLOSE TO FRIEND AND FOE OPENLY

AND THOUGH I HAVE NO FOES SUPPOSEDLY

SOME CHOSE TO PICK, PROD AND PROVOKE ME SOCIALLY

AND THROUGH PROBITY, I AROSE FROM GODS OVARY

AND SO I WAS CHOSEN TO OVERSEE NOBLE SPEAK

SO GAIAS GROCERY

HELPED CREATE IN ME WHAT A SOLDIER BE TOTALLY

AND I KNOW I COMPROSE PROSE DISCLOSED IRREVOCABLY

I HOLD MY OWN SOUL WOEFULLY

IN HOPES I AM CLONED LIKE A CLOVER LEAF

BECAUSE TOO MUCH PAIN,

DISDAIN AND STRAIN HAD NEARLY BROKEN ME

AND IN THIS SLOW JOURNEY

I WAS OVERLOADED IN MY BRAIN WITH POETRY

AND THIS POET BE

A PATRIARCHAL HIEROPHANT

THAT COERCED YET SOBERED ME

NOW A SIMPLE SOUL OF DIPLOMACY

I CHOOSE TO PERUSE THE MIDNS OF THE WISE AND FOOLS

LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS THROUGH POETRY OF POTENCY

MAKING EACH SCRIBBLED SCRIPT USING SYLLABICS LIKE A ROSARY

YES, I AROSE EARLY WILL COGENCY SPOKEN COGENTLY

THIS IS NOT MEANT TO FEEL LIKE OVEREACH

AS I SHOW MERCY

I ONLY SEEK TO IMPEDE THROUGH LYRICAL SEEDS

AND BE A MAN IN THE FUTURE SEEN AS A BEING

THAT WAS ONCE NOTEWORTHY!

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