Spare change “I am who I am, I cannot change” you say You’re not alone I assure you Only what’s inside you is what can cure you I’m compelled to write these words for you and to you People struggle with this notion every second of every day Opening the mind is one of the …
Author Archives: Joel Prickett
Unfolded
Unfolded See into me I see into you We unfold ourselves By disclosures Through reality We touch It’s a bit much We stay folded By our composures We reach out We risk We unfold ourselves Through our passion We collide Our souls sigh We fold ourselves Through our brain’s fear And ration We connect We …
God is not Prozac
God is not Prozac Here’s an approach that Might make you look back And ask yourself “How’s that?” God is not Prozac He is sufficient and he is proficient And He knows how to heal you But in order for him to do that First he has to feel you Why would he create you …
The Ministry of Vanity
The Ministry of Vanity The fakeness of beauty has blinded us in the world we’re in now How can we tell what you’re feeling when you change your eyebrows? We’re expected to taste the real you through kissing caked lips somehow? It seems someone should have said something by now. I understand the need to …
Romance Part 1
Romance. Part 1 Deliver me from delirium If you let me inside you once you will never forget me Release my brain from the desirable pain that began the moment you met me Desire which teeters my equilibrium And makes it lovable and unforgettable Only I can figure out the central core of your love …
Virtually Speaking
Virtually speaking Many say patience is a virtue. Patience is a statue Which watches you, And angrily mocks you, And decides when to hurt you. Many say kindness is a virtue. The truth about kindness Is left behind us, As envy seeps through our blindness With intentions only to hurt you. Many say diligence is …
Relapse
Relapse- prelude, interlude and epilogue (Deliberately improper) Sanity keeps sin Serenity sleeps in Insanity creeps in Divinity peeps in Calamity leaps in Anonymity’s deep skin Profanity bleeps in The enemy creeps in Vanity’s sheep skin Identity sleeps again Humanity weeps again Amenities cheap win Inhumanity sweeps in Affinity reaps sin Sanity keeps sin Joel Prickett …
Old Soul
Old Soul You can always tell from their eyes The aged wisdom in kept disguise The tongue can’t endure The lofty allure That their all seeing sight can easily surmise. The knowledge seeps from their gaze Through soul’s depth and the mind’s maze To the rest assure This vintage is pure Their age has dwelt …
An EGO trip punctuate freely
An EGO trip punctuate freely Interjected illusions has to be The mask placed skillfully Deceit wrought willfully The ego is full you see The brain glides mightily The fears fly frightfully The walls built high you see Nothing inside of me The soul pleads mercifully The heart withers willfully The mind is full you see …
A challenging social experiment on civility (or lack there of) and a solution
We’re losing our capability for civility We’re drowning in self induced misery When have we ever learned from cruelty? We bash our counterparts so brutally- That it erodes our human ability To love Why can’t we recognize our disability? Why do we strive for uncivilized brutality? Why do we cling to discord so hatefully? It …
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