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Upbeat, The Islander: Upbeat Comes To Terms

I'm a simple guy,

I like video games, music and succeeding without trying,

So when a man comes up to me and tell me he can save my life,

Who am I to turn down a free book from a generous passerby,

Strange how after hundreds of Reddit articles I find these red words the most astounding,

Each verse saturated with a truth beyond my understanding,

I embraced the scripture in my new-found belief,

Ditching skeptics and scientific contention for a biblical motif,

So with my newfangled faith I embarked on a holy endeavor,

To sift through a lifetime of personal uncertainty to uncover the answer,

I found myself under bottomless pizza boxes,

Buying time stocks from the evolutionary clock,

Discovering purpose through glimmering game discs,

Fashioning polygonal personalities into personable obelisks,

Uncovering the depths of my psyche excavating mountains of dirty laundry,

Rinse on, dry off, purging both physical filth and emotional quandaries,

Sharing walkways with speeding cars enslaved to a monetary duty I can't shirk

A journey of a thousand steps every pilgrimage to work,

My blood a bubbling brew of ambition and potential,

Yet required to surpass insurmountable credentials,

Ignoring the marked symbols in newspapers they seek to brand on my forehead,

Subjective opinions of civility and idealism dropped on me like warheads,

Cryptic predictions of personality and fate,

You think I need a dice roll to determine if I'm straight?

Countless evaluations to rationalize the psyche and soul combined,

What makes their opinion more viable than mine?

I'm taking buoyant steps upon the swamp to reach my destination,

Swapping carnality for divinity to achieve the ultimate self-preservation,

Cremating my mortality I seek to ascend,

Past primitive understanding of a purpose I cannot comprehend,

This road we walk is coated with trip-wire and paved with scorching coals,

Watch out for those flaming hours in your 5-day forecast so find the nearest foxhole,

The burden on our shoulders has already been lifted so there's no reason for us to be aching,

We're on the path to eternal salvation why aren't we skipping?

So why don't you tag along with me on this self-realization odyssey,

I can't promise explosions or tentacle-headed aliens but I know it'll at least be interesting,

Just you, yourself, me and I,

The most dynamic duo to ever breach the sky.
Written by Arbasyn
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