Here’s to the Future

I was carelessly promised the world,

I trusted and ended up entrapped in wire.

The cold wind hugged my face,

like sugar coats my lips; effortlessly.

I can’t deny the longing feeling,

though bad, it always left me gleaming.

It’s a dog eat dog world,

leaving our emotions denied the opportunity to be unfurled.

The salt from the ocean burns.

Similar to the consolation I found through the gurns.

Desperately counting the calories in my tears,

no one knew but it’s nigh my biggest hidden fear.

Once upon a time a grave nemesis,

fooling myself to believe it’s my genesis.

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The beginning of an era,

right now for me it has never been clearer.

I write this today,

with the above a world away…

Today I am clean,

I pretty much cut my ego in a guillotine.

At present I sit here proud as punch,

partly cos I finally planned what I’m having for lunch!

You see it’s always the simple things,

it’s the things that matter.

The things you don’t see,

you must defy the false chatter.

Innocently caught up in the destruction,

you’ve no choice in the batter.

Sorry, bad link. I admit. Just here casually bordering the brink.

It’s funny you see, you never know what you’ll get.

From me, I mean,

I find it interesting to change things up.

I don’t expect you to understand my thoughts,

sometimes even I struggle…

Stuck in a loop,

resulting in continuous hoops.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that my thoughts are random,

In fact, more times than not I feel that I am a phantom.

To clarify, I am not deluded; I do know that I am here.

I just have always known that my purpose is to pioneer.

Thus my crashes were not in vain,

ultimately learning that the objective is certainly not fame.

Instead I aspire to inspire,

I am not here to judge – I am not any higher.

I do know my place, I’m not any better.

I do know I’ve weathered every storm,

and soaked in every letter.

I am at one with nature,

and if you do not connect,

that is okay.

The aim is not all,

But those who do connect,

come and stand tall.

Quality over quantity,

Allocate your time.

Believe in your potential and let your purpose realign.

Greed leads you nowhere,

Only hopelessness and despair.

Remember where you came from,

and who first taught you how to care.

Here’s to the future

And here’s to the good.

Wishing you nothing but prosperity and the ability to avoid dead wood!

Let’s Go