Chaos, endless subtlety
Intersects the radical —
Raw emotions, naked nerves,
Warring with the logical.

Heed those
Who lost the most,
For 'tis the season
To be merry.

We cannot learn
What we
Cannot feel.

Opportunists thrive
Where the eager venture.

Emotional snipers.
Desperation landmines.
Love is war —
Find me in the trenches.

This feeling,
Contentment,
It's something I have
Never known —
Happiness is trust.
Happiness is letting go.

Sheltered under mother's wings,
The world seems brighter
From the shadows.

Artistry may paint the world
To soothe even the strongest soul,
Ambition chisels mountains
Down to dust —
And yet, not all's about power.

Brick by brick,
Build it up, tear it down.
Brick by brick,
Babel reaching for the stars.
Brick by brick,
Inching on with blind ambition.
Brick by brick,
Closer to the fall.

The problem with we
Is the absence of I
And the implied them.

Mountain in a hailstorm —
Our lives, struggles, pain,
It's nothing to you.

They, not I.
Unfair, denied.
Want, crave, must, need.
Strike them, save me.
No wish to learn,
Each turn, me first.
So sounds
The misery sonata.

For all the things
We cannot handle,
All those things
That can't be said —
No reserves,
No exceptions —
Anger is the weakest outlet.

The bliss of absolution,
The moral poverty of retribution.
We all get burned —
Live and learn.

Hails unanswered —
Dead airwaves buzzing.
Desperate prayer, absent maker.
Are you there, Lord?
Naught but silence answers,
Yet, faith prevails.

Joyous uniformity —
It's not for everyone.
For some, happiness
Is content melancholy.
I'm fine.
Don't try to save me.

Not all cages visible,
Not every caged a prisoner —
Kept inside, hidden from
The writing on the outer wall.

Improvise. Don't hesitate.
Act like no one's watching —
Own the stage,
Even if it's all pretend.

Do I want to
Change the world?
Only yours.

Just beyond where minds can reach,
In realms of the unknowable —
Courage, madness redefined,
Shaping worlds unimaginable.