If only

Having to choose the path to walk on is a difficult decision. There is no right, it is only relative, so our only option is to chose the less of two evils. How do you survive this dog eat dog world..?

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If only I could...

Swear wrong is right

Without hesitation prove black is white

Always stare with eyes cold

Sit still look unshaken and bold

Tread on and forget objects in my way

Not lose right of my goals come what may

Sacrifice, sacrifice my flesh and my blood

Hold my breath not just under water but mud

Live today like there's no tomorrow

Demand my desires to be fulfilled though it may cause sorrow

Enjoy light while the world burns with dark

Ignore fires caused by my careless spark

Walk the ramp with flash and flare

While the innocent and helpless do nothing but stare

Get the power of nature onto my hands

Restructure the web of life to my taste with my own strands

Hate all beings and trust no one

Punish all souls as long as my work comes undone

Dig the earth to the core and conquer hell

Buy heaven from God and to the best bidders sell

I wonder if only I could...

How different my life would be

Though happiness I do not foresee

About all the fame and wealth I’ll own I contemplate

But also the fear, the frustration, the fury that will retaliate

I tilt my head "no, I’m only human' I say my mussel is not that mean

To me my life is satisfactory and green 

I’m happy, I think? I do not wish to amend

For I still believe what ever good will be paid off at the f*g end..

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Reviews

[Aethereal]

Perhaps its much better to be accepting of all contrasting elements within our world: I was inspire to write this tiny gift song-poem for you to keep as your own:

Contrast

If we could turn white to black
switching it from click to clack,
then our world would surly lack
all the shades that we would wrack.

[Tan-90]

Thank you so much- absolutely brilliant tiny poem! You really are a bearer of light - so much positive energy.

[Aethereal]

You're welcome! All a writer needs to do to get a poem to sing is to write it in the Classical style whereby all the accents and non-accents line up from the top line to the bottom line. Meter is much more important than rhyme, but unforced rhyme add to the sing-song effect. Exact rhymes are best. Here I used 1/0/1/0/1/0/1 seven syllable lines where “1” is an accent and “0” is a non-accent. This creates a wave of energy throughout each line. Other accent-non-accent combinations may be used.

[Tan-90]

Makes perfect sense. Thank you ever so much!

[Ashley Griffiths]

A thought provoking piece about changing the world around us. People always wish for change and the promise of a better life, but at what cost? I think this piece really addresses this conundrum. I particularly like this stanza:

Hate all beings and trust no one
Punish all souls as long as my work comes undone
Dig the earth to the core and conquer hell
Buy heaven from God and to the best bidders sell

Great!

[Tan-90]

Ashley, many thanks for your comment. :)

[Sami Khalil]

All frustration does is wallow in somethings we can't change its past but its future. Let us write a new life's narration and not retaliation. Bravo...........

[Ana B.]

Your lines get under skin...like it, a lot. Just remember that even when the clouds are the darkest, the sun is where its has always been :)

[Tan-90]

Thank so much. :)

I wrote this when I was at a junction in my life to make a life altering decision where I wished I had the courage to be bold. Just like you said, the sun was waiting for me when the darkness has passed.. :)

[Ana B.]

Well, cheer up fellow, these kind of junctions define a person :) Its enough if you believe in you, the others will as well...eventually :D

[Tan-90]

You said it! :)

[Ana B.]

And i'll keep saying it, cause its true :D