Ground Control To Common-Sense

~ you need not claim to be better than anyone… if their envy is pointing it out by itself ~

by Paul Tristram / August 13th, 2023

… When an ‘Audacious’ Person
crosses paths
with someone ‘Mendacious’
… they do not butt-heads…
one ‘Shines’ like a ‘Winner’,
whilst the other Schemes,
and Shitstirs like a… ‘loser’.
I am not going to ‘Make It’
by Destroying, Copying,
or causing any type
of Problems for anyone else
… it will all boil down to
the Quality of my Creativity.
No-one is in ‘The Way’…
there is no ‘Competition’ in
the Art World… only…
‘You’ pitted against ‘Yourself’.
There are [broken] ‘narcissists’
in every single Public Arena
… just waiting to Attack
anyone ‘Original’, ‘Talented’
and ‘Brilliant’ enough
to Stand Out like a Fucking Star!
You’re simply attracting ‘em
because you’re better than ‘em
… Remember That
when the petty ‘cowards’
and their idiot ‘flying monkeys’
are scrambling around
the Awesomeness of your ‘Light’…

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, August 13th, 2023 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.