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I can perceive that
your
eyes are half-open.

Are you awake
or
are you dreaming?

Can you see this huge
mess
we made together?

Or are you more or
less
a mere sleepwalker?

You shut out the pain
but can't fall asleep;
you hold onto faith
but won't take a leap.

Your blood runs lukewarm,
neither hot or cold;
you seem to be young
but act like you're old.

Where is your passion
to
break down wicked tropes?

What happened to the
new
generation's hopes?

What are we living
for
when we're just sleeping?

Are you awake
or
are you dreaming?

You open your mind
but never your ears;
you act confident
but don't face your fears.

Your blood runs lukewarm,
neither hot or cold;
you talk a big game
but you tend to fold.

Don't close your eyes.

Blindness isn't
liberty.

Ignorance won't
set you free.

You'll find yourself
when you forgive
yourself-

Are you who
you
want to be?
Does coasting through life count as living? Regardless, I prefer to thrive, not just survive.

The second poem in the conclusive "Limitless" collection.

Previous: Life AwaitsThis one is for the brokenhearted:
the failures,
fools,
sinners,
and misguided.
When the world is weary
of itself
it becomes difficult to
find yourself
and confidence is left on
the shelf
next to former symbols of
your health…
Hey, chin up-
your life awaits!
Idleness is death
and harsher fates.
Don’t succumb
to apathy-
try to accept that
we’re meant to be.
I’m writing this for the bleeding hearts:
the teachers,
nuns,
leaders,
and young upstarts.
When the world rejects your
charity
it becomes difficult to
give pity
to critics and cynics of
society
who measure your love as a
scarcity…
Hey, chin up-
your life awaits!
Resentment is death
and harsher fates.
Don’t let go
of empathy-
be the person
you want to be.
Oh, don’t let go!
Please don’t let go…
We both must know
this planet could
use another
enlivened soul.


Next: All is FairIt hurts to be close,
kills to stay away-
this war inside me
is waged every day.
Battlefield of
both love and decay-
I'm so torn apart...
more than I can say.
Deep within my heart
I'm lost and confused-
I try hard not to
feel I've been used.
I poured out my soul
yet I've been refused-
can't shake the fact that
my love was abused.
It's much like being
punctured with a knife-
such pain can only
be described as rife.
Yet I still hold out
for a decent wife-
a needle girl
in my haystack life.
I know this issue
is far from unique-
I know I've yet to
reach my highest peak.
I know that I'll find
the answers I seek-
yet I see reason
for me to stay meek...
The age-old belief
that life isn't fair
can still be applied
to love and warfare.
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