The Roaming Poet

 In a room filled with emptiness Just can't claw out Stuck in this kiddie pool Did I really just leave the ocean for a bathtub? Candidate A, Candidate B, but not Candidate Me I've thrown it all away For the happiness of everyday But what if I can't survive Life's hefty price tag How sure I can be To perform above the rest I know I've got the skills But the market is out to kill

Dancing through my heart Dancing through life The troubled thoughts of monotony  Bring down the spirit so free Bogged with despair Dragged from the unconscious negativity that perpetuates the day-to-day But when that music plays It plays to your heartstrings These strings to your soul  Come alive from instinct A love for life ignites Pure bliss for the moment Hold that freedom

It whispers in your ear The voice inside your head Tells you maybe try For that little extra something Stopped by the fear Safer playing dead Blocked, asking why Desires always hunting Settle no more Close enough to risk Just live and let live Breathing just a breath A breath with no life So jump and lose that wind Dispose of restricting strife The jump where life begins

Thrill-seeking nerves Determined the risks Convinced to climb Choice is made I'm standing in the line Just pacing in my mind Racing all the time Waiting for the climb The line moves closer and closer Just passed the height required poster I've crossed the prior boxes Now pay for my admission Ticket in hand I go Next stop is the one I know Step up to my spot I sit and here's my shot Click click click It jerks with every inch But forward on it goes I'm moving on the ride My breath is heavy but steady I know that I am ready It's rising slowly up The work is almost here And just as the height is near I can feel it's so unclear The max is out of reach Farther than the ground line Here the cart has stalled And all before the crawl Was it all for nothing I'm sitting here on this track Asking not to go back but up Will this ride ever complete Or will I never reach the feat Stuck. Stuck?

The problem with today Exists from yester's day "I wanted better for you" Turned into  "What more can I do?" At the expense of our very selves We've left our morals upon the shelves With reason & logic a fleeting past History no longer reminds but rather fuels Closed-minded or bigot The name calling spigot Is this what we are How long will it go this far? All accepting and welcoming  Doesn't seem so inclusive if you're not group damaging Traditions aren't outdated Solid beliefs don't signify shallow What's thrown us to this hatred? Our grace has gone hallow Can we not love with open hearts And recognize different starts It's where we want to finish together So stop tripping each other whether We see the world the same or not This isn't the fight we want to have fought

Forced words carry the weight of the ever most meaningless fate If words don't follow, then fill them in Capable are we to bridge the gaps Not asking for validation or avoiding condemnation but simply turning on the beacon so that your eyes can see that they serve you purpose Let the words you read fill your gaps and quench the longingness you've felt Each syllable your silent voice speaks Connects you closer with humanity's peaks Sooner are we to see that you and I and he and she Are all just part of the bigger We.