Joshua C. Whiting

Hey! There’s a new drug on the scene
Incessant mumbling of the cell phone fiend
They’re called cell phone junkies
And they emulate copy-cat monkeys
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Gaze at a river swiftly moving to the Sea
Short-life within, struggling to Be
Embrace the gentle wind blowing Free
Touching your face, blissful Reverie
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Qualities existing in only a few
Compassionate tolerance in lieu
Of cold indifference to any acceptance
Void of the essence of relevance
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Twilight stalking the night, predatory stance
Opens door for velvet blackness to advance
Stars hypnotized in lunar trance
Ideal setting for earthly romance
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What if death should suddenly up and die?
Would humanity weep a mournful cry?
Or, would rejoicing engulf the world
Where new rules of living would surely unfurl?
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Myth of freedom screams loud and clear
Clamoring to what we hold so dear
Dreaming a lasting peace will appear
Not to have it evokes insecure fear
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Arriving full circle facing mortal clouds
Joys of life far from maddening crowds
Life is a beautiful winding lane
Happily venturing from whence we came
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A syndrome flowing systemic within humanity
Devours the spirit like preying vultures
Touches the very core of insanity
Yet permeates all cultures
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Grasping for the unusual in poetic beauty
Must write expanding call of duty
Uneasy feelings creep into the soul
Sending forth a chill, emotions unfold
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Grasping for some coherence in Life
Stranded in the labyrinth of Strife
Must quickly rise with new Insight
Facing the world with all my Might
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Timeless time like rhythm of rhyme
Flows quickly as this breath of mine
Enigma of the Universe, defies comprehension
Beware its potential to incite tension
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As I reflect on all my yesterdays
Strange weird appearances in many ways
Didn’t seem that way at the time
But reflection is different, I find
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Galloping at the speed of lightening
Riding roughshod over the fate of man
Nothing could appear so frightening
As they scourge and smolder the land
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Strange indeed the ways of the lost
Terrible the price, fatal the cost
Depraved humans quickly depart
Trammeled beneath wheels of Satan’s cart
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Consuming each millisecond of Today
Don’t let divine love slip Away
Embrace every minute, hour, Year
Smooth breathing to Persevere
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Priceless moments daily life allows
Enraptured with the here and now
Sun, clouds, wind against my brow
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Tremendous feeling, surge of health restored
The brightened pathway life will afford
Research with keen intellect
Some pharmaceuticals, never select
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What is truth?
Please verify your proof
Warped perceptions, systemic deception
Truth becomes mere conception
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What if you gather all the positive people
And shout from the highest steeple
That a positive force has been activated
So that humanity can be elevated
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Who knows what dark side lurks in humanity's heart?
An emergence that propels calamity from the start
Will history record us as 'humans who destructed Earth? '
Or is there salvation for everlasting birth?
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