It's mid October. It's starting to get a little nip out there. I'm a November baby, so I'll be in my element. I'm not a fan of summer. Fall is my favorite time of the year. The leaves start to fall, and the trees go to sleep. They need rest too. When you exhale, you can see your breath, and when you step out in the morning, that cool air wakes you right up. The squirrels are running around getting their stuff ready gathering acorns, and whatever else they can get their paws on. I sit out there and watch all this happen. I need me one of those fire pits. I'll put that on the to do list today. I need it for the chilly evenings when I want to go outside and chill. I'm sparking that tonight. Light my cigar, sip my cognac, and relax. That's the plan. I wonder what I will have for lunch. Maybe I'll cheat and grab a burger or something. Hey, why not, It's one of those days. Anything goes. I may even get myself some Haagen Dazs Butter Pecan. I'm not supposed to, but again, anything goes today. I've been busting my ass with work and school, so I'm gonna break out today. I owe it to myself. Ain't nothing wrong with a treat once in a while. I don't mean to be, but I'm going to be selfish for a bit. Get myself in order. That's the only way I will be any good to anyone else. I've thought a lot about that this week.
Today, I will live for today. Tomorrow isn't here yet, so I can't speak on it yet. I'm going to do what makes me feel good from now on. I'm going to live how I want to live. I'm going to do what I want to do. I like peace. I want to be a free spirit. I don't want to be a worry rat. It will all work itself out. I'm going to enjoy my day today. I'm going to enjoy that chilly air out there. I'm going to eat that burger, jump on that bike, peel open that book, get my fire pit, and indulge myself in that Butter Pecan Haagen Dazs. I got nothing else to lose, and everything to gain.
When I stop, I notice
When I stop, I notice
What's going on around me
Listening
Observing
Keeping quiet about it
Take a mental note
Can't forget it
I will need it later
Here and now, I get it
I just realized what I can become
Determination sets me apart
As I stand in the breeze
It blew over my head
Shuffled everything up there around
And made me understand
Everything went quiet
All I heard was my heartbeat
It made me think
Take it all in
The good with the bad
Laughter and sadness
It's all good
It is what it is
Accept it, and keep it moving
Put a smile on that face, if it's the right thing to do
Hell, do it anyways
It's OK
You won't be judged
Don't wobble when you stand
Take you right foot
BOOM
Take you left foot
BAM
The hurricane is coming
Don't get blown over
That's your task for the day
If you don't complete it
I'm kicking your ass
I know I come hard
But I believe
I believe in failure and defeat
You need it to succeed
There ain't no silver spoon in my mouth
I earn what I get
Blood
Sweat
Tears
Fears
Makes it mine
And this Gorilla Glue
Only way you getting it is to cut out my hands
I dare you
Breathe thru your nose
And out your mouth
Several times
Before you swing that guillotine
Sharpen it first
These hands are like rocks
I'm keeping what belongs to me
I worked to dam hard to get it
Get your own wisdom
Get your own smarts
If you want to go about this differently
We can do that
I'll loan you some
We can both get something from it
Patrick,
ReplyDeleteAwesome post. Great free write. I hope you got that fire pit. It's on my list of things to get for fall, too! Maybe I'll get mine this weekend...
Great writing. The rawness... the honesty... the butter pecan. All great stuff to see/read you process through. It almost sounds like a battle you're having with the mundane/the everyday... and the day you wrote this, you were going to treat yourself. It's funny how we usually don't treat ourselves until we stop and see how far we've run... or run ourselves down.
Great writing. I'm always impressed with what you come up with and how you phrase it. Simply. But powerfully. With conviction.
I also like how you wrote this in the morning. There's something to that.
Your poem is very good. It starts off quite simple and literal, but then you did start to throw in some abstract concepts: stone hands, the guillotine, the boom's and bam's... these are great because they are surprises that come out and POW! - nail the reader. That's the stuff that will set your poems apart, give them art... so that they move away from the simple/literal style that seems more like a chopped up journal page. The abstraction allows me to see where your creative mind goes when it wanders.
It's that free spirit thing coming out... at the very least, in your writing. Each week, it peers out more and more.
One suggestion: try, next week, to think about working with your design. You've got this cool red/pink/yellow background. See if you can find 3 images that match this background and match each other. See if you can find 3 different images that match in color, style, etc. Let's ramp up the visual appearance of your blog - give it an upgrade - so that it matches the quality of the content you're producing. Let's give it a shot.
GR: 98