Some Slam Poetry, inspired equally by the Flobots song No Handlebars and Turiya Autry. |
Left, Right "Keep on burning through the days Don't you stop for anything The flowers will smell just the same You'll have time when old and grey Life was given to be spent Be loud and proud and violent Life was given to be used Don't you dare speak of abuse This is how we are today This has always been the way Why this is how you should be Don't look elsewhere, look at me I'm your idol, I'm your god You'll spoil that child if you spare the rod You don't have time to stop and think And if you don't swim, you'll damn well sink!" Sorry, sir, I'm done with this What you call life is emptiness I'll throw your shackles off of me I'll fight the battles 'til I break free But go ahead and ramble on Someone will listen, just as long As what you say offers them Something on which they can depend You can give them stability But I will choose this futility I will choose to take the road Less traveled by your mindless drones I will burn the bridges down Blow the dams and flood your town I will break the cages open I will speak for the soft-spoken Your factory age is at an end Give it up my greedy friend Your regulated shift-work life Is done with now, we've heard the lies And better yet, we know the truth We've found it in our reckless youth Yeah we have found a brand new way We don't give a damn for what you say We will stay up through the night Waiting for the dawn's first light To listen to the song birds' calls And bathe beneath the icy falls We'll travel far and weave tall tales When your perfect system finally fails We will keep on keeping on We will keep on singing songs Your time will be dark memories A warning for our young to heed To keep them from complacency To keep them planting fertile seeds Of that fiery spirit, humanity Thanks for your time, we appreciate All the reasons you gave us to hate The way that you would have us be This new and improved slavery We're grateful, truly, let us shake your hand Before we erase you from this land If not for you, we would be lost If not for your spiritual holocaust For happiness can only spring From that dead feeling that you bring Without one the other dies So we'll keep our truth, you take your lies With you to your barren grave Hear me now, world of today You can scream and fight and bomb But we will lead our soldiers on Soon you'll see that victory Can't be achieved with weaponry Our army of mind and voice and heart Will burst upon you like a dying star And as the supernova fills the sky We'll wish you well, with our battle cry Heard in heaven, and the bowels of hell Where the angels and the demons dwell And these immortals will share your surprise As they comprehend for the first time The majesty of humanity The beauty of our mortality And when at last our march is done You'll realize that your race is run. *** Dormant Why stay up to watch late night TV Why stay up without accomplishing Anything That will further me Without working towards My just rewards Not sure why But I know that I Will stay up Anyway Stay up late, sleep through the day Watching, waiting just to see If anything will come to me I can't move to take it now I'd charge forward, but somehow I can't seem to get control All I do is ride the flow Working hard to work some more Chipping away at the my very core Cause I can't deny that I ignore All the things I have in store I can read and write and rhyme I can bend the laws of time I can see without a light I can speak without a lie I can do all this and more Learning from the classic lore While atrophying more and more But don’t think that I can’t wipe the floor With your face if you cause me grief Yes I can steal from any thief I can unleash anarchy I can rule a monarchy I can unite democracy But I still can't let me be me Instead I sit and instead I wait For fate to bring me love or hate I'll bide my time until the day That life will let me come awake I'll bide my time until the day That life will let me start to create Something that will rock the world Shock the boys Entrance the girls Spin the earth Like a top Break the boundaries Cement the blocks Into something never seen A new form of creativity Carve my name into the moon Write it in the spiraling stars What once was theirs will become ours Walk right through the walls of time Live through history in its prime Fight through battles in dark ages Raise a spirit with ancient mages Court the queens, drink with kings Walk with Dante through hell's rings Find old Jack and climb the beans Sleep in Eden, all alone As Adam and his lovely bride Realize how love can die Blaze a trail no one can follow Drink with rebels, fight with honor Until back I'll come to the present day With new wisdom, new things to say Speak to the masses but never preach They’re free to learn but I’ll never teach Experience is the only law All other rules are human flaws Pull society from the jaws Of corrupt tyrants and corporate dogs Raze the towers, burn the walls United we would make them fall United I know we could stall The unstoppable decline of the human mind If we revealed their brutal lies If we stopped the clocks, forgot the time We’d lay with lovers all our lives Lay with friendship on all sides Feel the sun through tight-closed eyes Grow the grapes and make the wine Bring out the best in all mankind Until I can do this I'll take life in stride Make the moments, live my lies Grasp the ends of these threads Remind myself that I'm not dead Remember that no matter what I still live and I still love I still stare into the great above To question why stars seem to shine With intensity to outmatch sunlight Question why we live in loops While each day should bring something new I'll find my voice upon the roof Shout my words, embrace ridicule Laugh it off and keep it up Watch out for me, once I've had enough Watch out for me, when I make a change I promise you, things won’t be the same. |