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Look At The Sky!
the sun sets as it always has and will
you tell me to look at the sky
you say it's beautiful
look at the colors!
I tell you
it's pollution,
enhancing particles
all you can do is frown
next you call me negative
which I find perplexing,
why must the truth be so ugly and unwanted
why is seeing things for what they are negative
you want my eyes and mind covered like yours
I get it, the colors and such
yes, yes beautiful
but on a grander scheme it's fucking ugly
you tell me to look at the sky
you say it's beautiful
look at the colors!
I tell you
it's pollution,
enhancing particles
all you can do is frown
next you call me negative
which I find perplexing,
why must the truth be so ugly and unwanted
why is seeing things for what they are negative
you want my eyes and mind covered like yours
I get it, the colors and such
yes, yes beautiful
but on a grander scheme it's fucking ugly
Published 2nd Dec 2013
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2nd Dec 2013 9:32pm
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2nd Dec 2013 9:35pm
2nd Dec 2013 9:36pm
The sunsets where I live are always best before and during bushfire season... beauty always seems to come at a price.
Cool write, Nikki. I like the dry short tone in your delivery and the last lines made me laugh.
Cool write, Nikki. I like the dry short tone in your delivery and the last lines made me laugh.
2nd Dec 2013 9:40pm
I get called negative like everyday, people hate the truth yet cry for it at night....
thanks for reading :)
thanks for reading :)
2nd Dec 2013 9:57pm
too true the sky is beautiful because of the smog.. great inking Nikki.. peace Crim :)
3rd Dec 2013 1:25am
3rd Dec 2013 1:49pm
condemnations of 'negativity' are born of the fears & a fake ego-based 'self-awareness' unconsciously designed as distraction
unfortunately, for us all, those of us who blithely judge others as 'negative' are following the same delusions of self that are the 'collective' distraction most easily accessible to them.....no one is to blame
if their 'positive thinking' had any component of equanimity to it, there would be no need to competitively 'brand' anyone else with the scarlet N letter
Equanimity is a 'self-awareness' with too painful a pricetag, as it calls into question one's own need to polarize, compete, be superficially judgemental.....all(such self-questioning) of which don't 'sell' well in the mass market.
this poem points well to a frailty which we all share, & are so unwilling to see.
~ I hope yr taking notes. Y'never know when yr gonna be hit wit a pop-quiz ~
Anonymous
4th Dec 2013 9:01am
Dear Nikki, a very interesting poem here with a message wrapped in your ironic sense of humor, but you are right, pollution is so awful.
In Bergen there is LOADS of it, I really think it is awful that so many people refuse to not use public transport whilst the town is spending much money on building a subway etc.....
Pollution is also in the minds of people.
In Bergen there is LOADS of it, I really think it is awful that so many people refuse to not use public transport whilst the town is spending much money on building a subway etc.....
Pollution is also in the minds of people.
24th Dec 2013 9:48pm
I love this, the truth, the tone, the sense of humor,, this is me around my buddhist friends
30th Dec 2013 00:41am
Way relateable. Thank you!
you want my eyes and mind covered like yours
I get it, the colors and such
yes, yes beautiful
but on a grander scheme it's fucking ugly
It's beautiful up close. Order is just a tiny glimpse of chaos waaaaay close in.
you want my eyes and mind covered like yours
I get it, the colors and such
yes, yes beautiful
but on a grander scheme it's fucking ugly
It's beautiful up close. Order is just a tiny glimpse of chaos waaaaay close in.
