book burning.

i would love to see you

live

not just breathe

but live

but history has put so much fear

inside of you

"doomed to repeat itself"

but did you ever notice

that those books

are full of hardship

and tragedy

and not much else

and thus

so is your mind

as if

nothing beautiful

has ever happened

as if

everything is

to be dreaded

and feared

that is not true

but it is easy

because that is what we are fed

as far back as we can remember

yes

the events may be true

and yes

they were intense

and at times

horrific

but

why follow the same suit

?

you are always afraid

and that saddens me

because

i love you

and i want to see you live

and i want to live

with you

not just for me

but for you

for us

please

burn the books

out of your mind.

you.

reality

security=myth

self respect=wish

we can try

we can make strides

but

as trite as it may seem

our inner peace

will take lifetimes

we cannot afford

happiness

is what we work for

at times it seems

ridiculously impossible

but that doesn't mean

we must live

in misery

our standards

are unreasonably high

you know it

why?

because

we want it all

yesterday

we have no patience

in fact

we have no couth

although

we all underestimate

our value

in so many ways

we are all worth more

than we think

but

you decide

your worth

you decide

what you are made of

you decide

what you should take

and

what you should

discard

deny

turn down

but don't get caught up

in the ideals

of your neighbors

or your peers

or anyone else

take that time

to decide who you are

and what you want

who you are

is all yours

embrace it

realize it

then

go

and

live your life

your way.

solitary games

are you lonely

or just alone?

loneliness is a feeling

an emotion

alone in a room

well

that seems simple enough

although...

we are never truly alone

despite the absence

of another

idle time

we see and think things

that are not real

scenarios we create

break us down

our imagination begins

twisting and turning

and our thoughts

become our reality

but they aren't true

they could never be

as much as we think we know

even what we see with our own eyes

becomes altered

misshapen

delusional

wrong

insecurity and guilt

play games with our lives

and we suffer

at our own hands

in our own minds

such a waste of time

these solitary games

we play.