Drive Forward

drive forward and

try not to breathe

because even as the

sidewinder sleeps tonite

everybody hurts in some form

from twenty-one grams up to

twenty-one thousand tons

and at some point,

sweetness follows even

if you or your sister 

or your best friend

monty got a raw deal

and maybe those happy moments

become inhabitants of ignoreland

and while the button pusher with

the thick Scottish brogue may say

star me kitten instead of that kitten

realize his dreams will run dry

as if the man in the moon will

find the river flowing with water

instead of dust

the balance always zeroes out,

a truth automatic for the people,

all the people

Author's Note

One of my better pieces, I think.

Reviews

[Mockingbird]

i guess despite the chaos and incongruity in the world 'the balance always zeroes out.' do you perceive things as black and white? it;s true, everyone hurts in some form. it's a given in life. it's sounds pessimistic but it is realistic. congratulations, by the way, on having your book published.

[Kenneth The Poet]

I am a math teacher by trade, so a good degree of black and white is necessary for success. At the same time, black and white do mix to make gray. In the end, we all die which is the ultimate balance, the ultimate zeroing out. Thank you.

[Pax]

the balance always zeroes out,
a truth automatic for the people,
all the people

I am always a believer of balance, but in some cases it will zero out. For the fact that some choice, aware or unaware deducts our time and energy on negativity. Life is not all the time happy, or even sad… it is just the way it is… fair or not, good or bad… everything falls into place depending on the value your choices takes. We live for the consequences of the fruit of our labor. We always drive forward, breathing or not breathing…

Its raw and very precise my friend..
Very nice!

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks, Pax.

[roarke]

This is a white rapid ride for the reader. Some may pale, some may decline, but the ones who brave your surgical focus, they are the ones rewarded with an experience meant to expand their consciousness.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you, Roarke.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Such a gravity... here, ;) love it! it's so good to read you again... I do not understand seriously why there aren't more quicksilvers (hydrargyrums) struck... ;) I think this is one of your better metaphorical literal pieces, instead of math ones, I think it's awesome. You tell so much with little, and I fully understand your brain, currents..... ;) I was about to post a new quote about somehow this.... strange, it's telephatic.

- Elisa

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you, Elisa.

Very welcome always.