Building Rom Vol. 141

The Price of Aspiration: A Poetic Reflection


If I’m everything you’re not
then yes, it’s a dangerous game.
You mimic my walk,
study my talk,
but lack the hunger that carved my name.

You praise the ground I glide upon,
until you can’t bear the weight of your own gaze.
Aspire to me, yet tire too soon
I chase the moon while you count the days.

Each glance, a mirror you avoid.
Each word, a truth you deny.
So you call me arrogant,
label me villain,
to make peace with the part of you that won’t try.

Naturally, your empathy fades.
Naturally, your envy grows.
Naturally, a friend turns foe
because my rise reminds you
just how low
you’ve kept your bar.

Building Rom Vol.139

She

We cherish the few of you that know her.
The way she speaks, deliberate and true,
The way she moves, effortless, unshaken.

Her imperfect marks, like she, territorial
claimed by fire, A mark of heat,
of passion & stories untold.

Her smile, a ray of light
breaking through the dark,
I love her most
As she is the portal
Where love enters, where life begins

Building Rom Vol.136

Please stay

When “Let Me Go”

Is “I want you to stay”

“For the love of God, set yourself free.”

Pushing away, yet needing so much,

Sacrificing all for idealism you clutch.

Stupidity you thought you never caught 

Now weighs you down, like tangled knots

Do yourself a favor: live,

Breathe deep, 

take what life can give.

Eat, pray, love and repeat

for God’s sake, please,

Unshackle yee soul and findeth thy peace.