THE JEST

from CURMUDGEON by Sunset Architect

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Used to be my bond with music was so strong.
Sidelined out the game, now it’s been so long.
What went wrong? Maybe I was trying too hard to belong?
Or really just too avant-garde all along?
I get too weird, like Van Gogh, but two-eared.
Judgements glue-smeared between words cohered,
To elucidate and make clear, what I think
About being confounded, and vastly feeling outta sync,
With my surroundings, and aptly proceeding to sink,
Until I’m drowning, madly flailing in the dizzying drink.
And to think, maybe a party weekend leaves you over-weakened?
(Ah-hem!) Intriguing! That must be the sober speaking.
Not to judge the life you’re leading. No competing.
I just decided long ago that life was fleeting,
And there’s no use repeating, the same events every evening.
I’m more into gleaning what my mind and will can make when meeting.

My mind can’t control where it goes, and it shows…
I guess I’ll follow where it flows...

Don’t talk to me about all of this newness,
When I’m getting older, and still feeling fruitless.
And the truth is it all’s just starting to feel useless.
Self-critical stuff that I wrestle with though this.
To lessen this muteness, I make myself speak out,
But I’m not exactly ruthless, or about the clout.
Tend to dabble more in foolish, and apparent self-doubt.
So to the weird and to the different, I remain devout.
Cause I never really cared to dress cool or possess jewels.
I’ve come to realize that I’m already such a blessed fool.
Rose above the cesspool, took notes up at the best school,
But not on paper, cause life’s true shapers are ancestral.
It’s those who see life as a jest who’ll be redeeming,
The true view of just being, a world beyond the need of agreeing.
And not that life should be stressful or demeaning,
but even when it is, deep in that stress you’ll find the meaning.

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from CURMUDGEON, released January 20, 2020

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