Reality Deploys

Contemplation begins where confrontation ends,
For thought has no place, where brawn tends to lend,
And intelligence is wasted, and pointless to defend,
As ignorance is stupid, and stupidity never mends.

A noise builds in quiet places like the approach of torrential rain,
Thrashes all our faces until you can no longer see our pain,
Slouched with eyes masked as though its our soul that cowers,
It to stopped looking for true beauty beyond the plastic flowers.

All to consuming is this metropolis,
A society of strangler figs engulfing the populous,
Where the people are to confused to find simple solace,
Buy our worth with cash and sell our soul for less.

Peace is destroyed by unnecessary consumption,
We are replacing self worth with artificial perfection,
A bee sacrificing its sting for a fix of that pseudo perfect pollen,
While his hive is overrun by some very viscous vermin.
 
Natural desire is retiring behind that bombastic synthetic noise,
Replaced by vainglory when the big boys buy their massive toys,
A petty load of pretty crap that they pile up to their roof,
A bulging debt they can’t afford or pay for, is the hidden truth.

So I should leave this zoo of self providing egos,
These animals’ stench penetrates my body through my clothes,
Taints and creates a hate in me that somehow feels all wrong,
Takes away my happy dance and my peaceful song.

You can see this affliction as I have a transparent face,
It seems the Vagabond has stayed to long in this pathetic place, Spinning in circles, I am confused by wants and needs,
A drunk Martyr whose body is cut when it bleeds.

Procrastinate no longer, I should leave before the winter,
I have scraped the bottom so far and only produced a splinter,
Into the night and unknown I should roam,
Find some light, some peace, and a place I can call home.

I am a leaf that should not hate the wind for being strong,
A brave frond finally finding gravity for it had floated far to long,
A seed grounding its being and placing down some roots,
A tree maturing and finally bearing fruits.

So sift through all that’s old, and that which may be trend,
Look close at all around you, are they enemy or are they friend,
And when deciphering peers intentions don’t lose yours to blend,
For in this world of petty wars, there are little things that only you can defend.