make a note

a few moths since

these leaves turned over

make a note

want to remember

every moment

might seem pointless

can’t let the fog as the snow melts

go unnoticed

did you happen to check it out

tonight maybe the moon shines

shooting star right through

Orion’s belt always seems to help

center the self quick

even in the rain

know where it should be

in the fog hiding in the shadows

sometimes better not to be seen

so often or at all

never will give up the game of words…

not in the wrong place

if you can see this from where

you sit just relax you are not in the wrong place

look at new ideas with eyes wide and mind open

up to you to stand out as individuals or

to fit into a collective group thought

politicians prefer you fall into one of their groups

you must stand out and sometimes you can’t fit in

look deep into your heart and mind

down with controllers all of them

on the thought of who to trust and believe in

yourself, that’s who…

winter numbness

winter numbs everything

twists together

gets buried under cold

layer after layer applied

then peeled once reentry made

any warmth probably accidental

like I meant it

every word heard absurd

but what are they really going to do

on the couch all day

watching what is there

do they have to anything to say

no thought original

and a pill for every bad attitude

each new day brings

never changing because they’d

have to make it and

it’s not dinner time

but I am hungry for some new thought

maybe rhymes rolling dimes

but I don’t need the money or the front

probably put the whole thing in one blunt

won’t smoke to get stupid but to elevate

everything I touch bring it with you

if you are going outside

but they won’t make it far without

the proper paper work or balls to break the law

it’s a little bit funny laughing from the kettle

smoke the pot no thought second

nature first place to travel

inward like eyes when tired

absorbing as much each day

try to learn it up

so really don’t look at me

like that when I put a flame

to it and burn it up…

nothing to do with conquest

if anyone really cared enough it could probably be stopped

there has got to be a better way to get along

is violence all we know as a society

one love never even considered

principle contradicted everyday bombs drop

more invasions and foreign entanglements

deeply warned by so many but ignored en masse

rooted too deep to topple all at once

in small spurts becoming less free

the privacy we one once guaranteed gone

mind controlled into thinking it’s for our best interest

of by and for the people never forget

every one of the bill of rights

American knowledge of US history must include

it and not forget it

is the security for the rights we were born with individual freedom

that is it, we need not fear government interference

we the people must have forgot or got conditioned

should we all become rebels again

have we lost the spirit of freedom and revolution

nothing to do with conquest, pure liberty

to those who value the future

do what you need to do to be awake

with whatever tools are available and necessary

conquest(ion) everything…

controls the pen

he might write all night long ten days straight

who am I to get in the way, he

controls the pen has for years

the stacks of books the library he is creating

present a picture of nearly nonstop thought

controls remain unmanned can’t take

the corner without flipping over going too fast

past haunts every day with all the bad decisions

he made forever making new decisions count

who he is now completely different

controls his own movement not just

the pen any more or less

past haunting being defeated

controls left unmanned until a new focus reached

the center where eyes would meet

future could be something else…

reasoning takes over

unfortunately things are not as they seem

our perceptions of things are based in half truths

education fails to develop independent thought

system built to destroy the family too

is this the new American dream

not exactly what they told us it would be

only takes some reading into the stories

failing to investigate breeds ignorance

to ignore the facts can’t

teach things that might be useful

critical times could be approaching

thinking as a collective will do no good

it results in dependence on other to take care

is this the new American dream

often I mistake freedom for freedom

itself defined needs no other words

a state of mind and being protected by the constitution

source it for yourself cannot argue

of course so many will and try to explain times have changed

confused and swindled into believing the government

rhetoric about being there to help people

and not cause more destruction than good

emotional distress in everyone everywhere

venting may in fact commence the American Spring

in the street people screaming with nowhere else to go

place faith in the government to lead only leads to let down

of course they will argue

systematic analysis necessary

reasoning takes over…