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MH
Miserably Happy
Mar 08, 2020 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Backing Away Towards the Sunrise

Backing away from the day to day
I want to leave their way behind
and live next to it and not in it
I gave in and am paying my debt
to a slave driver whose face but
not their heart are ever changing
Souls demanding control of nature?
Hah!, ridiculous
Hubris
Dig up tubers
That users can fuel their
imaginations on
Imagine all the people
living for today
One of John’s best
but don’t leave out the rest
Don’t fret the fret boards
can be repaired
For those who care to return
to a patient journey to the future
Back off recruiters
I’ll be there in a while
Trials have shown me
my pace is and my place is
of my own choosing
I won’t be losing
By following my muse's calls

About This Poem

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Country/Region: SC

Favorite Poets: What Was Once the Largest Shopping Center in Northern Ohio Was Built Where There Had Been a Pond I Used to Visit Every Summer Afternoon by Mary Oliver. , Chapter Subtitle in Hardcore Zen by Brad Warner Chapter Title: If Only... Subtitle: you may find that having is not so pleasing as wanting. This is not logical but it is often true., Rumi: Tending Two Shops

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Geezer

Geezer

5 years 3 months ago

I like...

the rhyme and near-rhyme of this. I gives it a good feel. I know the feeling, I always tried to choose jobs that let me have some freedom to do it my way. I wasn't always successful, and spent some miserable days and nights doing the bidding of the "faceless". Nice that "you still have the have the spirit alright" as the man says. ~ Geezer.
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