mrsnormality

[mrsnormality]

There is no road map for life. We all have a beginning and a final destination. But, the routes we choose are up to us. Some are filled with blinding curves, ruts and potholes. Some are abandoned; shrouded by a barren and forgotten landscape. Some are freshly paved, with clear markings, and we whip through at unbelievable speeds. And some, although worn or weathered, seem to frame the edges with an unimaginable picturesque beauty. But, whatever route you choose, may you find fuel to feed your fire, a soundtrack which silhouettes your soul, a shelter for incremental weather, and a few courageous companions whom share your lust for the road.

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Huddled Masses

When we have an issue in our society, seldom is there a single solution for these problems. Yet, we, the masses, align with oversimplified solutions, draw a line in the sand, then either berrate others to join us or condemn others who oppose our views. The only winners become the politicians and lobbyists who create and revel in this polarization. I challenge each of you to cast aside these preconceived and oversimplified memes and ideas. And, instead, demand solutions that more clearly articulate the multitude of steps that we all need to take to see the gradual positive progression of change which occurs when we engage in and support a meaningful and long term solution. And, guess what? We may all have to make some adjustments. We will need to trade in our perceived structure of security and stability to alter the status quo. I recognize our fears. Yet, at some point, our fear for the future must outweigh our fear of change.

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Emerging Monarchs

Do not allow yourself to be swallowed by the solitude of your suffering; creating a cocoon from which you'll never emerge.  We all have pupated, skulked silently, and seemed to dissipate in the dark.  Instead, emerge and converge with the migrating multitudes; spread your wings and recognize the monarch you've become.

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Everyman

Moments of clarity

Blurry bits 

Deep introspection

Superficial hints

Philosophical connections

Puny puns

Cataclysmic chaos

Days in the sun

Kumbaya collectives

Solitary souls

Cornucopias of complexity

Pseudo simplistic roles

Dedicated diversity

Uniqueness we become

The epitome of Everyman

The contradictions in everyone

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Enlarged Heart

Love...abstract reactions beyond reason; blame nether regions.  Urges and surges become curses.  The symbol, the heart; engorging erotic parts. Animalistic; it's nature, mistaken for love.

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Be Still

Swirling, swarming, and seething.  Beyond comprehension; unseeing. A haze, a fog, then kneeling. Grasping at reason; unbelieving.

Be still.

Pressure, panic, and tingling.  A stroke, what luck; still breathing.  No air, no room; it's shrinking. Clutching the truth; unbelieving.

Be still.

Just breathing. 

Eyes closed.

Not thinking.

Escaping.

Seeing.

Believing.

Be still.

Still be.

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Doing Time

Words

Thoughts

Ideas

Distorted and disorganized

Sleep deprived

Overworked

Overlooked

Overlooking

Mind reeling in the years

Reminding me

I'm doing time

Until time is up

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Bottomless Pit

A sense of well-being engulfs you; a spark of self-realization ignites.  You inhale the moment, tasting its succulence.  Tranquility oozes and the worlds align. 

But, the heavens they move, and so do you.  Lids shut to the northern skies.  Awake frantic and fearful; a rumbling echo inside.  A battle chant to fulfill the fix, eats away as you arise.  Stumbling wayward and drunken. Transgressions and indulgences blur the night.  A black hole is forming; while we chase an ancient dragon and pursue an ambiguous right.

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Viral Meningitis

Radio waves lap, leaving a bloody froth.  The world gone mad; reverberating and rebroadcasting.  A paranoid pandemic; an insurgence of fear, hatred, and ignorance.

Please stay this infection; halt its spread.  Quarantine and decontaminate your kin.  May a common cause unite us.  A crusade for a cure.  A vaccine for this vicious virus... let it spread no more.

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Catch Yourself

A path of self destruction; blind to dangers, filled with anger. 

Drowning misery. 

Analyzing memories and mistakes.  The harshest critic, echoes in your head; unable to forget, unwilling to forgive.

Blurry nights become foggy days; a hazy existence; numbing and amputating the pain. 

A back-alley doctor with a rusty blade; the infection spreads.  Festering and feverish; stumbling, wondering, clinging to the ledge. 

The edge, the brink, the unchartered abyss;

then teetering.

Finally; frantically; reaching out, but miss.

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Escapism

Sweet serene cascades of serenity.  Unraveled and unwound; tension escapes and dissipates.  All those misty memories; repressed and forgotten.  Let us hover in this haze,  float in this fog, and be concealed in these clouds of continuous calm...until we are coaxed again by commitment's call.

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Forget Forgiveness

Forgiveness.  A pillar of Christianity.  Toted as a step to overcoming trauma.  To let go of anger and vengeful thoughts.  But, aren't some crimes too atrocious; when we are riddled with horror and disbelief?  While ruminating may be unhealthy, forgiveness also seems obscene.  Perhaps the anger dissipates, perhaps so do death thoughts, but the act is never truly forgiven, if it leaves a psychological scar.  Instead, perhaps, absolve yourself.  Let go of the blame you harbor.  Comprehend the horrors that do exist, the harm that's done, and resolve to make this world better.  Become a benevolent force, amidst the pain.  Find hope and let it spread.  And if forgiveness you cannot find, quest for peace instead.

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Meaningless

Yesterday's devoid abyss, chasm of nothingness, and echo ending trench; was a shadow of a whisper of a prior notion left abandoned, without the faintest recollection of meaning or symbolism.  And it still towers in comparison to the vacant vacuum of oblivion that defines today.

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Epiphany

After months of development, hours of intense labor, and minutes of pushing; a wriggling and wet being is laid on your belly.  Foreign yet forever and undeniably a part of you.  And, as the tears build and burst forth, your body unable to contain your immense and indescribable joy, an epiphany dawns.  Suddenly, the years of uncertainty are exposed and with clarity you realize what love truly is; what you now and forever will expect it to be; and when, in all the moments past, it never really was.

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Road Warrior

Blood drains from the brain, intestinal intruders require resources.  Lids flicker and strain beneath an invisible weight.  Striving to focus.  Sunlight reflects off the dash.  Squinting forms an allegiance with slumber. Desperation ponders caffeine, nicotine, Dentyne.  Rejuvenating, but unavailable.  Desolation determines the fate.  Window down, a cool breeze faced.  Foot to the floor; gradually miles erased.  Each moment, every minute, a war does rage.  No surrender; no white flag.  Until arrival.  And, now I'm wide awake.

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The Charlatan

An amateur attempt at the abstract, to verbalize and mesmerize with symbolic vagueness.  You decode and decipher; seeking metaphorical meanings. Puzzling over jigsaws, enigmas, and riddles; carefully orchestrated conundrums.  While your key master hides behind lyrics and rhymes; cryptically written to avoid being tongue tied with down-cast eyes.   But it is a farce, a hoax, and a sham; a deliberate diversion.  The magic dissipates; only a charlatan remains.  Cowering behind a shoddily made shield; shaking with vulnerability.

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Montana Winter

Snow, slush, mush, mud.

Ice, sleet, heat, freeze.

White, drifts, wind, whips.

Grey day, sun please.

Warm, kiss, soft, caress.

Breeze, lingers, hope, ease.

Fog, mist, sweeping, frost.

Crystals shimmer, moment's peace.

Flakes, furious, swirl, delirious.

Blind, bundled, cold, huddled.

Chattering, clattering, quivering, shivering.

Frightfully frigid, end unseen.

Unwelcome winter.

Schizophrenic uncertainty.