Hurry,
before limbs are weakened by hunger.
Hurry,
before backs are bent by poverty.
Hurry,
before trust is broken by betrayal
Hurry,
before belief is shattered by violence.
Hurry,
before dreams are stolen by necessity.
Hurry,
before minds are blunted by ignorance.
Hurry,
before deeds are tainted by prejudice.
Hurry,
before hearts are blackened by hate.
Hurry,
before soul is twisted by greed.
Hurry,
before the light within is lost to the world without.
People marched and people died.
Just so, we could vote.
Give meaning to their sacrifice.
Vote!
It is your right.
It is your duty.
Look at me,
See my astute mind.
Hear my voice,
Listen to my heart’s whisper.
Touch my blemishes,
Feel my tender warmth.
Be the one,
To love all my flaws.
If my world asks me to forget another,
then I reject my world.
If my nation asks me to fail another,
then I reject my nation.
If my religion asks me to trample another,
then I reject my religion.
If my culture asks me to ridicule another,
then I reject my culture.
If my identity asks me to erase another,
then I reject my identity.
I will have my conscience decide.
Who I shall be and what to abide.
In honor of President Obama’s speech for UN General Assembly, 2016. Thank you Sir, for your service and for inspiring a generation.
Winter soldier
Made of steel
Why do you march
Through lonely fields?
Mighty knight
Thy baron’s shield
Why do you swear
The oath to kneel?
Fierce viking
Through tempest’s lull
Why do you steer
Your raven hull?
Son of Mars
In his gory task
How do you keep
your fearless mask?
Timeless trooper
By duty worn
How could you not
Come undone?
Here in Reno
The slots chi ching
She just needed
That added zing.
A gambler
She was born to be
Risk it all
Her heart singing.
Pull that lever
Take that bet
As, she burns out
Her last cigarette.
Sprawling megapolis
Steely death trap
Great drains clogged
With urban scrap.
Hysteric hordes
Choke her streets.
A cocotte kneels
Praying at Neptune’s feet.
Dark acid clouds
Hangover her skies
As speakers blare
A dirge of doom and demise.
Shining Atlantis
Mired in vice.
Gently drowning
Under rising tides.
Child of destiny
Meant for a throne
Clad in purple
Find your repose.
You will rise
To dawn’s delight
Put to work
Your curious mind.
My sweet hope
Yet to bloom
Let him remain
Untouched by doom.
Son of fortune
Sleep unaware
I shall soon be
In your care.
I fear action
Success and failure
Treat ’em the same
Then my friend
Who’s to blame.
I fear inspiration
For it might lift
This lazy haze
That my friend
Would be a waste.
I fear the inevitable
Cancer like regret
Will come with age
Alas my friend
We never change.
O fear mine
O fear mine
You fill the recesses of my soul
Paralyzing evil
Feeding this list
Forever in stasis.
O fear mine
O fear mine
My dear friend
Come walk with me
Hand in hand
Forever till the end.
LazyHaze 