in the vast ever changing
electronic landscape
that has become our new world
attention spans ever shrinking
as we're inundated and overwhelmed
with the status feeds of the masses
when did we ever concern
ourselves with the mundane rituals of life?
all the stuff we never bothered to share
socializing becomes ever more antisocial
and friends are just icons on a touch screen
wired up, plugged in, in touch by a distance
we feel safe in the obscurity
unaware that we're not so obscure, or hidden
we hang our flag everywhere
we boast of conquests and crimes
and dance our fingers across keyboards
and tell too much about ourselves
for our own good, we're oblivious
there are no secrets anymore
we've posted them for the world to see
but most people are too busy
updating
to notice
"Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks." Simonides, 6th-5th century, B.C.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Can't get through
the words spill from the page to the floor
the tears fall as the heart heads for the door
can't get through
can't get enough
we're not through
I'm not enough
walking away from what I cannot explain
believing in something that will never be the same
can't get through
can't get enough
we're not through
It's not enough
the place we lived has become a place to die
we can't talk or look each other in the eye
many years, none wasted, have slowly washed away
can either of us live like this another day
can't get through
can't get enough
we're not through
I'm not enough
can't get through
it's not enough
we're not true
can't get enough
we close our eyes and wish it's like the past
more laughter than tears and love that would last
we open ourselves to this new reality
that maybe this is how it will always be
can't get through
can't get enough
we're not through
we're not enough
it's all true
the tears fall as the heart heads for the door
can't get through
can't get enough
we're not through
I'm not enough
walking away from what I cannot explain
believing in something that will never be the same
can't get through
can't get enough
we're not through
It's not enough
the place we lived has become a place to die
we can't talk or look each other in the eye
many years, none wasted, have slowly washed away
can either of us live like this another day
can't get through
can't get enough
we're not through
I'm not enough
can't get through
it's not enough
we're not true
can't get enough
we close our eyes and wish it's like the past
more laughter than tears and love that would last
we open ourselves to this new reality
that maybe this is how it will always be
can't get through
can't get enough
we're not through
we're not enough
it's all true
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