Ripples of Dream and Stone Throws of Reality

If all is true are we the ripples or the stone?Time is not yours.Rain can't wash clean your brain.Young minds ain't as open as they may think they are.What is ours and can everything be taken?

If all is true are we the ripples or the stone?

You reached for heaven but you've only gotten closer to hell.

Be all you can be and be you, not me

Uprooted trees frightened of what they can't control.

You can take my soul and dreams but you can't take my spirit.

Don't be someone else, life lives around us, be who you are

Crossing hearts and stealing souls young minds ain't so open.

Bibles, manifestos and popular culture 

Dig deep into the skin of those who are impressionable.

Out of time you wipe the stars clear from the sky, cause you haven't your own dreams.

Shadows shading pathways out of life, everyone's prettier, better and smarter 

Trees covering the shades of dream, the clouds in the sky scratch my wrists.

Out of the darkness time is not yours alone, some of us don't belong in our own time.

The day pulls the tears out of those who cry themselves to sleep.

Author's Note

Hang onto your dreams and your soul. Cause some devils are out to get them.

Reviews

[Nothing Personal]

The Persistence of Memory By Salvador Dali. I am amazed at your take on that mystic piece by Dali and frankly, I am quite overwhelmed. Are we the cause (ripple) or the effect(stone)? But eventually, even if existence is shady, it is important to love whatever existence we have and not be a shadow or a glitch of what we are meant to be or what most tend to do..A great message, a great call. I like this cent %

[Jūdan FyreHeart]

A lot of meaning and lessons packed into here. People can be so impressionable, quick to lose themselves. This is a good reminder to remain as we are, and as we're meant to be.

[A.Lee]

Beautiful work. Very thoughtfully penned, something many people need to hear.

[G. Marie"floating on an..]

Wow!!! Such wisdom summed up in so few words. You are very wise beyond your years. If only all young people (and old too) could read this and inhale it's meaning into their inner being and learn to be who they are meant to be and not a clone of the rest of the world. I loved this poem. you write truths indeed!!

[Lilly Negoi]

"Out of time you wipe the stars clear from the sky, cause you haven't your own dreams." - loved this line! very interesting manner of advising people to dream - truth is, who knows if actually dreams aren't reality and viceversa?!...

[trainwreck]

"The day pulls the tears out of those who cry themselves to sleep."
This was a really impactful line to me. Great write.

[laughinglullaby]

oh wow! you my friend are very talented. i love the line"You can take my soul and dreams but you can't take my spirit." it really stood out to me keep up the work.

[L'Enfant Terrible]

this imagery is amazing, again it goes with the self questioning but now is not only lost but blaming pop culture to make us alienated and equals in the sense of identity.
"the clouds in the sky scratch my wrists."
that line is simply sublime

[abhas]

wonderful... captivating... this is great... the expressions and their usage.. and the concept and the way you tell.. is brilliant... i love this piece... may seem sad or little dark.... but it is directing to the general good with pieces of truth sprinkled over it... keep writing more like these... :)