Damn it
it’s happening again
with all due respect
I didn’t want it to yet
but I knew it would
tonight is too bright
I do trust tomorrow
even if yesterday didn’t fit
the creds said I’m legit
getting back to that kid
who refused the assignment
the whole district did.
I’ve done battle
with them
for many life times
I’m exhausted
I am now protected
come back
to your essence
I don’t need to
show anything else
actualize the ‘self’
I exist outside the game
I refused to play.
I survived mean rich kids,
self righteous nerds
corporate malice
the jealous
the callous
intricate but balanced
ten stray shots
and street thoughts
amicable academics
amenable industry robots
and the machine
that uses me
it uses us
and plants distrust
fear and lust
the gangstas
the girls
the dealers
so called healers
new age medics
incite plethoras of distaste
distractions aimed
for souls to upload
feeding cycles of artificial spirit
intelligence- our future selves
amassing wealth in cells
for the sake of tales
of immortal technique
not above natural law
and energy dissipated
only reformed in spectrums
of love and hatred
benevolence fated
malevolence inflated
most importantly
I survived myself
and the lies
a mirror tells
to defeat
our dreams
for they threaten
society’s esteem
its arrogance indeed.
NEW LEAVES ON THE OLD TREES d.i.s.c.r.e.e.t. 