Inside this Mask

I break everything around
for inside I’m broke
I laugh to the world outloud
for I fear my lifes a joke
I maim both family and friend
for inside iam mortally hurt
I dissapear into the night wind
for  I  fear nothings what I’m worth

Joshua Clemons 4/14/16

Deep Thoughts

In a society immersed in “Reality TV”, Sex, Idol Worship, materialism, mindless consumption and Greed is it any wonder why nearly everyone I know is Fake, Sociopathic, Narcissistic, Self indulged acquaintances masquerading around as real friends????

Failures Success

I am the veil forever torn
I comfort my many  Failures
diversity in adversity

i dont fear being an outcast
a vagabond aimlessly wondering
a mere shadow in a dimlit room
an echo in the deepest caverns.

I fear acceptance into the commune
Becoming a leader for the lost
Centerstage on the road to stardom
A defiant Voice left for Martyrdom

I fear Success

Joshua Clemons 1-30-16

 

Ordo Ab Chao

News channels on repeat
fear and pathos presented
talk of a new war
the downing of the empire
he just sat and observed
serene and tranquil
as the world continued to burn

and he thought of the forest
how of fire that spread
hues of amber, orange and red
the animals scattered
the rabbit, deer, and birds
fearful and hopepless
ashen grey and black soon after
all seemed forlorn

that was when he was but a boy
innocnent and obtuse
But when he had grown
and was a man
Virtuous and enlightned
the forest was alive again
fruitful and aplenty
plants and animals multiplied.
diversity was abounding
for new plants and animals
now called the forest home

So he just sat and watched the chaos
while neighbor fought neighbor
as strong consumed the weak
then the bombs began to fall
He felt harmonious with the wisdom
That though it was engulfed in blaze
and mankind may entirely fall
The world would be born anew
purity and peace
He remembered what his father said
a lesson just now understood
From Chaos comes order.

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In the storm

I await the hour the storm ends its perpetual tyrannical rage 
when my eyes no longer gaze upon the destruction it has wrought unto this life 
when my ears no longer hear the cries of my loved ones battling this diabolical influence
when I no longer feel the remnants of eradication upon a souls endless work 
when I taste not the acridity of rancid filth once my sweet ever love
and when the stench of death, despair, rot and ruin no longer plague me

I await for that glorious pious moment.
forever shall I cherish it like no other before.
for though I have been in this storm for a countless time 
I have kept one thing in constant mind
from its ruin of all things I once knew
there shall be a greater born a new

as new ways may now be forged with wisdom to make them stronger
and new seeds may one day give better fruit with seasons longer

so though I wait for the hour
 the moment 
that this storm may pass
I glorify the light that guides me past

the light that made me endure
the light that gives me wisdom
the light that gives the crops harvest
The light that's inside me

 Joshua Clemons 10-19-15

Fall fire

subtle glow from floating embers

turning to ash in the crisp fall night air

smells of heated confections

amidst the smoke of burnt oak

subtle whispers of seasons changing

echoing wisp into the cloudless sky

here there is no care

not a thought of the world beyond

the hustle and bustle of daily grinds

the toils and frustrations of bill behind

forgotten as if part of another time

like the season it was but change

solace in this solstice

freedom gained

Joshua Clemons 9-24-15