Done finding the littlest mistakes.
Done with the hate and the greed.
Done with the blatant advertising that sells false happiness.
Done looking for my self.
Done being an adult in a childish world.
Done being a child who cannot understand where the world went wrong.
Done with no one knowing who I am.
I am who I am
and I am done
with constantly being undone.
The routine has been upset.
You sleep in past your normal wake up time.
Exhaustion is overtaking the excitement.
The up coming week looms over your thoughts.
Anxiety takes hold
As you try to get a handle on your schedule.
Food and rest are now required
And instead
It is off to work you go.
It seems like a long time
but goes by so fast.
You get caught up doing things
before you realize the days are slipping away.
How long does this last?
How much time is left?
What if it was 60 years
before the Earth runs out?
It’s only been a day.
I feel so lost.
Things need to get done.
No direction for the wicked.
We should just let it go.
No one has any rights any more.
The world is dying
and I don’t want to play along.
A strong-willed trait
that leads to arguments
and generally unhappiness.
Though sometimes
it means
you can be certain
the job
or task
will get done
because they won’t give up
until it is finished.
This expert tells me I need to wear makeup
in order to be attractive to others.
This expert tells me my wardrobe is out of fashion.
This expert tells me I need to lose weight
in order to be happier.
This expert tells me I need to cover up the grey in my hair.
This expert and this expert and this expert….
The only expert I truly need to listen to is the one that listens to my friends.
For when they tell me I am beautiful just as I am
it makes that voice inside me that says I am enough,
content.
Well, I also listen to my doctor because her advice is based on sound scientific education.
When an unrelated incident
causes you to rethink your world views.
To be visited at night by psychedelic poultry
who want to convert you to their new found religion.
Only to discover
you are not
Dreaming.
What am I most comfortable with?
Will it make my life better?
Does it make me feel good?
Or is it fear that motivates me?
Can I mostly ignore it?
Or will it force me to look at myself?
And my choices?
Consequences are things I want to avoid.
So I will choose the path of least resistance!
Certain symbols are used
Found within various markings.
Their meanings change because time moves forward.
Societies may come and go.
Even the symbols are adapted.
Given new life in altered shapes.
Who really knows what the lives of our ancestors were like?
So in order to affect the future
start with the one certainty
everyone has.
Themselves.
Respect comes when you see their demands.
You listen to their limits
and do your best to follow them.
Patience is sometimes required.
You wait for them to come to you.
Oftentimes it is a two way street.
Respect must be earned by both parties.
Mistakes will be made.
No one is infallible.
In the end it is worth it when you see how happy they are.
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