Carpe Diem is ‘Old Hat’ To What I’m Feeling

by Paul Tristram / September 11th, 2016

I’m surging fantastically on ahead, again.
Pushing mountains out of the way
without changing pitch or rhythm.
Swaggering the crooked path,
collecting all the treasures I view.
Scouting for brilliance in the mundane,
relishing the ridiculousness,
excavating subtleties
with a nonchalant shoulder shrug.
Effortlessly putting bees in bonnets
and sponging all the ‘SHINE’.
A Magician with a Shaman’s Soul,
traversing echoes and frequencies
out of sight and touch to most.
Making Harlequins out of Finger-pointers,
my safety net is only ever used as bait.
Inside the Totem. Slipstreaming
your confusion effortlessly through.
Grabbing the tail of the impossible.
We were never born to bow our heads
except in the knowledge and horror
of wasting the Magic birthed with Life.
The flow is to be channelled,
individuality and uniqueness
to be honed and encouraged.
It’s the only way to properly blossom
and fulfillment is always just there waiting
upon the other side of the despicable crowd.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ is available to purchase right here . Also his collection of shorter fiction Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves' is available to purchase at https://bookgoodies.com/a/B0DFMTSR4F Both books are published by Close To The Bone Publishing. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, September 11th, 2016 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.