Questions VS Answers in the Lost & Found
Where does the void bring your mind in silence?
Where does your mind bring the void in noise?
I've lived in the roach-infested low of a self-made false paradise.
Died in the child-minded high of laughing in the sun.
Hit rock bottom at the top of the world.
Running from reality with idle hands.
Found peace of mind in chaos, while following the underdog rule.
Burning bridges and pouring gas on the ashes to watch them burn again.
Basking in the light with my old friend darkness.
Where do I aim the spark of my next creation?
I've been wrong so many times when it comes to self-expression.
Not realizing the spark was always there.
I didn't need to chase it, but being happy was never quite enough.
Believe it or not.
The genuine article.
A glutton for punishment.
Screaming into the proverbial face of nothingness.
I find myself again.
Where does your mind bring the void in noise?
I've lived in the roach-infested low of a self-made false paradise.
Died in the child-minded high of laughing in the sun.
Hit rock bottom at the top of the world.
Running from reality with idle hands.
Found peace of mind in chaos, while following the underdog rule.
Burning bridges and pouring gas on the ashes to watch them burn again.
Basking in the light with my old friend darkness.
Where do I aim the spark of my next creation?
I've been wrong so many times when it comes to self-expression.
Not realizing the spark was always there.
I didn't need to chase it, but being happy was never quite enough.
Believe it or not.
The genuine article.
A glutton for punishment.
Screaming into the proverbial face of nothingness.
I find myself again.
We Are All One—
offs and one-time deals
once upon a times
feeling you're not the one
makes you the one
or so eye've heard
one by one
headed for the same end
in one way or another
tune in fine tone
the Funk is on the one
one life
one love
one race
human
the one thing
holding us together
on this one planet
one tiny blue atom
in the grand scheme of it all
with one way out
down a one-way street
offs and one-time deals
once upon a times
feeling you're not the one
makes you the one
or so eye've heard
one by one
headed for the same end
in one way or another
tune in fine tone
the Funk is on the one
one life
one love
one race
human
the one thing
holding us together
on this one planet
one tiny blue atom
in the grand scheme of it all
with one way out
down a one-way street
Chaos Over Love Over Chaos
growing old and bored
in a smoky room's
soggy dream
burnt out
in line
walking dead
path to nowhere
somewhere bound
losing my mind
on lost words
"no one here makes it out alive"
yet I'm living
right now
"alive she cried"
nothing left to do
but ride it out
this is it
wild horses & choices made
a moment can live forever
if you want it, too
growing old and bored
in a smoky room's
soggy dream
burnt out
in line
walking dead
path to nowhere
somewhere bound
losing my mind
on lost words
"no one here makes it out alive"
yet I'm living
right now
"alive she cried"
nothing left to do
but ride it out
this is it
wild horses & choices made
a moment can live forever
if you want it, too
Call it What You Will
the longer you stay pinned to the pain
the longer it owns you
sinking into a dangerous bog
of loss–of–self
shackled ... drowning
break this trance and breathe
again
break those chains and exist
again
honor the ghosts
of what used to be
if anything
love must have a eulogy
death will have us all
forever moment
memory's kiss
time to live
as no tomorrow
never was
the longer you stay pinned to the pain
the longer it owns you
sinking into a dangerous bog
of loss–of–self
shackled ... drowning
break this trance and breathe
again
break those chains and exist
again
honor the ghosts
of what used to be
if anything
love must have a eulogy
death will have us all
forever moment
memory's kiss
time to live
as no tomorrow
never was
James D. Casey IV- Gonzo Journalist, Poet, Artist, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cajun Mutt Press. Author of eight poetry collections. James D. Casey IV has been published in print and online by several small press venues and literary magazines. The 2016 La Voce dei Poeti, La Catena della Pace International Poetry Contest gave his entry “Warriors of the Rainbow” a critic’s choice award, and his poem “That’ll do Pig” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by New Pop Lit in 2019.
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