Some call it karma While some call it fate Divine intervention - All terms that I hate We're not simply acting As a deity dictates Life is not just some ride That we cannot escape We're not stuck on a path From which we can't deviate Our lives are not set in stone The future [...]
Tag: life
Russian Roulette
Life often feels like little more Than a game of Russian Roulette Relief at every trigger pull Ending only in a hammer click Before you're once again reminded There's still a bullet loaded And each lucky escape Is one less empty chamber Between you And the final round In response to the Word of [...]
Learning
There is so much I must still learn Things I need to know But no-one can teach me Because I cannot be taught I learn from experience Through sights and sounds Through action and emotion What is written in textbooks Will never be teachable to me I have to see it Hear it Do it [...]
Know Your Worth
Know your worth Before looking to appease others Or allowing others To label you And stick a price On your forehead So that if they value you Less than you know your worth to be Then you will know That they are not worth your time
Second Gear
I can't seem to make it out of second gear Crawling my way through yet another year I don't know what of but I'm afraid And the overwhelming uncertainty and fear Keeps me from shifting gear I can't get the clutch to engage I see the others in fast lane Passing me by And I [...]
Prophecy
Tell me What do you see Your prophecy Of what will be What does the future Have in store Around the corner Behind the door Which once opened Cannot be closed Please tell me What I should choose As my next move Now you mean to tell me That you can't see What lies in [...]
Fast-Forward
Another day Another week Another month The year stuck in fast-forward The pause button long since lost No slowing the passage of time Deadlines approach Deadlines pass In the blink of an eye Moments I set aside for myself Too fleeting Too fast Gone
Ramblings: Sink or Swim
I don't swim. I can swim, I just don't. Some people like to tell me that's bullshit. "How do you know you can swim, if you never go swimming?" "Just because you swam before, doesn't mean you still can." These people tend to be the kind that Eleven from Stranger Things would call 'mouth-breathers.' I [...]
All The Same
In the end We're all the same Flesh and blood And skin and bone It shouldn't matter Our place of birth Colour of skin Which gods we trust We all breathe The same air Bask beneath The same sun Wish upon The same stars No matter who we are Our race or religion [...]
Trickster
You've always another trick Hidden up your sleeve Finding ways to break my faith Just when I start to believe I thought things were working out And everything would be okay But you were just playing a game Dangling hope then taking it away I'm tired of trying to second guess you You [...]
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