the way i want it

clandestine compulsory settings abate me

bored with inadequacy

spare me your rhetoric

i don't like slowing down

keep me stimulated

keep me engaged

the tree trunk is always the last to go

fallen behind the submissive comfort

i would have to say i get it

ebbs and flows are the ways of the current

recognizing i'm no more powerful now than i was then

yet wisdom is power

my trusty rock is my escape plan

beside the box and the tree 

just in front 

when you leave the elevator

it seemed only natural to marry the two worlds

i need to get back to basics

alignment

somehow

helps

i cannot force feed miracles

i am not inspired

my creativity is shifting

to another plateau

unstable

unsettling

my annoyance peaks

trapped

a dog attempting to find solace in the back of a moving vehicle

over think

don't over think

governance does not instill the best of times

and i am governing myself

with the lights on

welcome

this is a life less what you thought it was

or would be

societal assassinations are performed by masochists

daily assaults on character demean the integrity of those incarnated to change

to lead

to bring to light

to bring

light

hostile geese run rampant

viciously pecking at heartstrings

of honest attempts

of honest people

honestly open for improvement

there is no room for appreciation

there is only aggression

live within your means

or so one should

but one never does

does one

beneath the thankless cowl

a poison brews

trust dies

fantasies wither and falter

turning cold and domineering

a true champion will face fear

face vulnerability

set free the voices of millions with one simple question

focus and believe

the chemicals are here to shame you

though they're marketed to making you better

you've never been better

i offer

to you

this game of insidious addiction

the rules are simple

don't

care

and expect

no

demand

everything