The Procession

And the world of pretend.

I know somewhere

Somewhere we're all pretending.

 

Pretending to be happy

Pretending to be sad

Pretending to feel

Just pretending.

 

It always seems so real.

But the moments we fraud the best

The ones we never really mean

Are often the only ones we remember

 

I know somewhere

Somewhere we believe is real

 

People are being hurt

People are celebrating

People are sharing moments

Moment that mean nothing.

 

Sure, we think they do now

But man is so conceited

Its how a marriage can last 6 months

And a heartbreak a lifetime

 

How death can pass unnoticed

How life can do the same

 

Scrapping and gnawing

We fawn for significance

But nothing comes so idly.

 

Sadness and grief

Live in a world of pretend

Happiness and joy

Are built in fraud

 

The best of our memories

And the worst of our days

Yes, they happened.

But we only pretend they are so powerful.

 

So what matters?

If not the weddings,

If not the funerals,

If not all the fake fall-down worship?

 

Those daily routines of pretend.

Custom is just a euphamism for play.

 

Its the man who sits before the unexpected,

The being who observes without judgment,

The one without expectations,

The one without bias.

 

When we see.

Just see.

That's when its real.

When we have no predetermined outcome by our culture.

 

Customs,

Cultures,

Rituals,

Religion,

Ceremony,

Processions,

 

The passing word for lies.

Spread the discord of our own pretend.

 

I only wish to take part in none of it.

 

To be random

To live in the moment

To see what is really around

To pass without judgement

To reflect on what is

The miracle of everyday.

 

 

So missed by so many.

Just waiting for their turn in the procession,

Their part in the con.

Reviews

[Tai Chi Italy Take Two]

You express exactly how I feel about most of the world around me. As you may know, I'm a bit spontaneous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol I prefer it that way, but unfortunately it makes me an easy target and I get hit far too often, metaphorically of course! Being a ninja warrior tends to make folks think twice on the physical side of argument.

I love random!lol great line. I can tell this is a highly inspired, free flowing write, straight from your open heart. What you want is what I had for a long time, I want it again, and that is why I am not so young, free and single still, after all these years.

I will not get tied down, unless it involves sex!lol

winking at you

Tai