A Year of Bad Poetry

(from Thursday, November 20, 2008)

So many feet pounding the pavement

Hustling to and fro,

A current of humanity moved

By the motion of the moon.

Lives being lived,

Some in fruitless struggle,

Others in the hope of future pleasure

Or in the search of current ones.

We move past one another,

Often not taking notice unless our paths cross.

Little moments of contact creating ripples either

Felt instantaneously or not until they crash against the shore

And come crawling back,

Surprising us and creating waves.

So many thoughts, never taking word

And flying away to be snatched out of the air by others.

They sit, like baby birds in the nest,

Growing, changing, becoming what they are suppose to be

When they are finally forced out, required to take flight

Or fall to their deaths.

My thoughts,

Like a flightless bird, meander along,

Picking up bits along the way,

Bumping and crowding each other as they fight

For space on the iceberg.

Every once in a while, being pushed

Off the edge, as a test for the others,

Of the danger that might lurk below the surface of calm.

The dark dangerous depths

 hiding unimaginable tragedies or joys.

Once safe,

the other plunge into the depths in pursuit

Of that which is desired

Or needed for sustenance.

-DJ Nezz

(from Thursday, November 13, 2008)

What is right and who is wrong
in this subjective morality tale
or God designed world where
his all-powerful abilities are unable
to coexist with his all merciful personality
as his followers balance the hypocritical
tendencies that occur between the peaceful
message and the forceful conservatism of the truth
gathered with faith which is the ultimate paradox
of something that is not provable but exists for the
purpose of explaining the improvable nature of
the supernatural world in which we live in
whether we are the dominant life form or
just a twig off of the small branch connected to
the large branch that is supported by the massive
trunk from which we all spring in unity to continue
harmoniously in the path that we belief is correct
whether it is truly right or wrong.

-DJ Nezz