Truth of the Optimist

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Truth of the Optimist

I'm more machine than man
How feasible is this?
It's easy
Believe me,
Just look at my business.
I keep solitary
It's voluntary
Like stacking cards
Is Solitaire-y
It's scary
How much I'm sad on the inside
Do I fool myself into being mad?
Or am I just a fool from both sides?
My insecurity;
It worries me
How easy am I to fool?
Am I but a tool
For my own mind?
A slave of consciousness
The monstrousness
Of the kind
Of things I think
Think I things
Of love
Of doves
Of hate
I underestimate
Just how many secrets
I keep from myself
Can't do suicide
So that idea's not on the shelf
I doth
Quoth
Why's the moss
On my side of the tree dying?
Why aren't I crying
From this stress?
I guess...
I'm just a fool for myself.
Can't tell where the strings end
And the hands begin
Just another marionette
On my lonely strings
The puppet and the master
My mind is such a bastard
Keeping me
From sleeping. Me,
Myself, and I
Hate eachother
Just wait another.
Maybe I'll collect
The rent for this body and check out.
Maybe I'll see you on your way out.

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jj1562 commented on Truth of the Optimist

11-05-2011

i like the solitare-y pun and i've been in a similar place good write

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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