Sunday, November 4, 2012

splinters.

we take things
and we break them apart
and then
we make them into
something else
easier to be a king
among many castles
than to strive to be
the one and only
and i get it
therefore
we are split
divided
into genres
and then
sub-genres
it's easier
to break off
into your own
tribe
make the rules
tailor them to fit
your wants
your desires
to suit yourself
to make everything
easier
and i get it
but
each time
a new culture
then
a new sub-culture
is born
it is exactly that
new
like a child
ungoverned
non-evolved
we wonder why
we have to fight
on so many levels
to do anything
this is why
every day
kings fight kings
and subjects fight subjects
and still
everyone wants to be
#1
but that can never happen
because we took
#1
and torn it into
countless sets
such as man
such as the lazy
impatient
headstrong
yet insecure
man
wanting it all
now
and not willing
to earn even a sliver of it
practice some mind control
gain a few followers
and feel like a ruler
it's quite the boost
an ego needs
for a man
to call himself
master
and i do get it
life is short
and we all want to make our mark
but
i'm afraid
so few will be remembered
if even thought of at all
even the bee that stings
is forgotten
i'll stand back
and watch
i want no part
i will do
what i will do
being remembered
worshiped
emulated
or even liked
by masses
is something
i will never dream of
pure expression
that is my only truth
and the love of those
i love
is all that matters
if i can achieve that
then i am king
in my own life
and no one has to know
or care
because that
is not the point
i will not be
a splinter
...