BreatheA Poem by ObbligatoA Reminder Of What Can Happen If We Forget To Take Time Out And Refocus Our Minds, Pick Correct Goals And Priorites. Why We Need To BreatheI'm in need I have nothing And My future self shows me that my hands will forever remain empty So the definition of my hope Is hopeless Dont you dare ask me if that glass is half full or half empty Casuse long ago The crystal glass which held the Wishes Goals Dreams Lives Memories And blessings Of my generation Was conningly but purposefully switch with a cup Shaped from the insides of the roting tree of despair So you ask me again Is the glass half full or half empty And I reply to you Look for for yourself Your eyes focus to reveal the maggot filled container of my destiny So no longer is the question about quantity But will you drink? Will you toast? Will you swirl and sip to being hopeless Every trial and test has its rewards so why does mother earth remain baron No offspring to Love away the pain of my Labour So this world has no fruit for me to bear My mind, soul and body are flattened and unleavened Limbs unable to bend and conscience unable to function My being is oblivious to the cold So on lonely winter nights I feel nothing but the grey-scale concrete slab that chokes me in my current position Its clutch is unbreakable as its been here for an age and has grown to become great walls that encapsulate me in my own cubical of feces and self pity Of course it stank Of course it smelt of the effluent that derived from the factory where they made The Forgone, The Insoluble, The Lost The diffusion of these particles is a hazard causing me to hold my Breath Science tells me to Breathe is to LIVE The system of respiration designed to keep me alive Inhaling and Exhaling The Influx of my being for the Efflux of a vacuum If I could only taste its essence For its sap to drip, drop, down onto my tongue and being Swallowed past my throat and into my lungs Seeping into my blood stream and being spread to my extremities Evicting the naught for positivity, being forced to exit via any means necessary To facilitate and catalyze the circulation of who I'm meant to be All in equal exchange for Nothing You see the mind is very suggestible and subjective So with our thoughts as seeds and our minds as green houses We water what we have faith in We nourish what we believe We fertilize our dreams In time if we plant plant nurture and feed the seed of negativity When we look to the distance for our desires and aspirations We wont be able to see past that tree The self made hindrance to me So here I am Telling You Asking You Please Remember To BREATHE
© 2010 ObbligatoAuthor's Note
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StatsAuthorObbligatoLondon, London, United KingdomAboutI am a young male poet from the inner workings of London. I have been writing poetry for a few years and have been inspired and driven to write by my relationships, experiances, knowledge and emotions.. more..Writing
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