Working Title: "A Challenge"

I hope to begin to update this more regularly. My goal for the school year is to read books, improve my physical fitness, and write a whole lot more. With several great video games releasing in coming months i'm not sure how successful my endeavors will be. Here's a poem i just busted out. I was inspired a bit by the Hip Hop artist K-OS (pronounced chaos). I've included a music video of a song i enjoy from his album Joyful Rebellion (2004) at the end of this post.

the world's full of bitter truths

missed opportunities, miseducated youth.

the mirrors on the wall see it all reduced

the fear is in us all we don't care for truth

we can't help but stare at a stupid fool

fall in love like narcissus in an unused pool

no splashing acrobatics just

automatic nonaction

a monu-mental contraction

brought on by all this distraction-

cordless ideaaas and wireless sentences

with knowing online who swings for the fences?

photograph this if poetry's dead:

living walking empty head

trying to love and fucking it up.

but you're full of beauty

in a world of dark ash

and my heart's full of a fire

hotter than greed and cash

you can give up hope babe

but never desire

so lift up your tired eyes a bit higher

lift up your tired eyes a bit higher