Bryan Lieser (Poetry)

the choice

I've been up writing when I should be going to be
knowing instead that there are too many thoughts dispersed in my head
so instead of a bed, I rely on my pen to give me rest
to release the deep emissions of my tweaked futuristic vision
to calm the harsh realities that have caught me in their gravity
Its like thousands of hands are grabbing me, and I urge them to let me go
Instead they keep on dragging me towards the sixth foot below
Know why do I have this gift the flow and the knowledge to acknowledge what many don't seem to know
My dreams manifest in every breath that I take
I'm one step ahead, so why do I keep making mistakes
when I'm the one who said I don't want the cake
you can leave a piece for the ignorant and the rest for the fake
But I still seemed obsessed to let the demons of fate
tear me at the seams and serve me on a plate
nothing is as it seems as I walk through this day
existing in this realm of a superficial-scape
you see the land on which walk is no more solid than your talk
nor is your talk no more solid than a thought
So then if we are creating at a crazy constant pace
why couldn't we create unity between every other race
divided we may stand, but only in a brutal land
where quakes hit our faults the we crash and disband
why can't no one see they can learn from just one man
instead of feeding of the lies served from many malevolent hands
We can free the soul within with a chant or dance
we can go into the woods, shed our cover and prance
but we know to expose ourselves is to give in to the true hope
that without all this excess, we might actually cope
instead we are bed-ridden, or we frown, or we mope
unable to reach that great castle because its a hassle to cross the moat, no takes time to build a boat, so they sink and don't float
Others don't even search for this fortress of fortune
they are content on a journeyed path that they have been born to
but can't you see?
If you leave that path and lead they won't ever ignore you
the masses that pass by begin to love and adore you
but if no one has courage to take our thoughts and go flourish
then we have become cold
and our mind is malnourished
out of all the visions in the world, I believe this is the purest
because it doesn't tell you where to go, but that you travel with a purpose
otherwise, you will despise that your eyes have become worthless
when you can't sense the spirit coming from the images from sureness
so I present a new kind of curriculum, or a new kind of sermon
of a particular message that can be learned in and instant, but it will take an eternity to spread it
you can walk towards the pinnacle of light, it will help you if you let it
or you can lie down, give up the fight, and forget it
so choose