maybe we should try backward for a change

Everything is supposed to make us better,
All the products we buy and products we use,
If they say it on a commercial, we are supposed to believe it,
Is your leg moving uncontrollably? Do you have a twitch?
Do your eyelashes need to be longer? How about your butt?
Does it need to be bigger or smaller?
Is your sex life ok?
How about your breasts? Do they need to be bigger, smaller, or just more perky?
Do you have arthritis? Bad gas? Back pain? Low back pain? Upper back pain?
Everything is supposed to make us better, and there is a medication, a product, or a surgery for everything mentioned above,
Do you have night sweats? Do you feel depressed?
Does your mind wander when you are at work?
Do you need help to sleep? Wake up?
Now we have all these medications, products, and surgeries for anything and everything, I could sit here all day and name the illnesses we are told we have, maybe some of us do, but not all,
I could sit here all day and name the different surgeries we are told by the media and Hollywood that we need,
But do we need any of it?
Aren't we beautiful just the way we are?
Fat skinny big small short tall buckteeth no teeth fake teeth fake hair real hair pail or dark skin,
We all are different,
And we are all important,
I think the girls we consider the ugly ones should be captain of the cheerleading squad! Could you imagine the self esteem boost that would have for other girls?
I think the boy who is scrawny and other people think is weird should be the boy who gets the girl, because he will respect and honor her, I wish that the pretty girl would care,
I think that the single mom whom is so intelligent but has always been at the bottom rungs of society should be the CEO of the largest corporation on earth,
I think that she should also run for President, because if she can mold and shape more than one human being into a positive productive member of society than she can run the country! Even the world,
I think backward should be forward,
And right should be left,
We have done it for so long as a society that supposedly does things right,
Maybe we should try backward for a change.

a silk sheet

my heart sleeps on a silk sheet,

It is adorned with hearts that beat lovingly,

My body is loved by a silk heart that glides with me,

Throughout life, day and night,

It shields me and keeps me safe from everything,

My silk sheet is a man, he is strong,

My thoughts are soft and flow and float, a silk sheet in the wind,

I am not in a fog, there is nothing fake here even though my words are so devoted,

My heart sleeps and is kept safe by another strong heart that loves with a passion and a fire,

My passion and fire meets my loves passion and fire,

And the combination is that I succumb to the intense heat,

My barriors are stripped away and my life is easy,

I have a strong shield,

My life is easy,

My heart feels light, and in love,

My love is not dainty, but does flow like a silk sheet in the wind,

I have a place in this love, yet and free to keep myself,

All I ever want is to keep myself and how I am,

All I ever want is for him to keep himself,

Our passions meet, our passion for eachother is fierce, and I love you.

I see the good

though there is bad
there is still so much good
I see it in children
my child
I see it in the young man who still helps the elderly woman cross the street
I see in the way people smile while passing each other on the street
I see it in humanitarian aid provided here and afar
I see it in the books I read about people who never give up on the human spirit
I see it in law enforcement, still working while being paid less and less
I see it in the teachers, still working even though greatly unappreciated by many
though there is bad, we always learn about the bad
But what about the good?
You can come to this country on a dollar and a dime
You can build up an empire with an empire state of mind
You can also fall short and lose your dreams in the wind
But the fact is, you can come here and have the opportunity to try
America gives hope, provides hope to those who come from places where hope is held onto like a frail string falling froma clear sky with nothing to cling to
Any race can succeed here
Any religion can succeed as well, there may be resistance, not everyone likes it but its true
Either gender, man or woman, can partake in government, social, economic affairs of society
Some say the illusion of equality exists
I say that there is proof all over that equality does exist
There are cases where people do not prosper
There are cases where race does get in the way
There are cases where gender does hold someone back
But equality does exist
I see it in the way people strive to give their kids the best, values and possessions
People say that technolgy has made kids lose touch with reality, it has made them fat and antisocial
I say that the world changes all the time, every day new things are invented to make our lives better and more efficient
Is it the consumers fault for being so gullible or is it the manufacturers fault for being greedy, is in neither one?
I say that there are always cases of people who abuse power, honestly this country has been made great by just that, abusing power,
But does everyone abuse power?
Or just a select few that ruin it for everyone?
Is every politician in it for fame and wealth, or do they get into politics to actually shape policy and work for the people?
There are always cases of people who are selfish, they do things for the wrong reasons
Does everyone make choices based on the wrong reasons?
That's what I see
There are always certain people that do not succeed and they do things for the wrong reasons,
If there is one place on the world where one can succeed or fail and it happens to depend on the individual, it is America!
I sometimes highlight the negative aspects of government, society, and education, and more but
I see now that eveything is relative
what really matters is the individual person and their choices
Nobody can control anyone else, it is about influence,
Influence can be worse than control
Because influence shapes a person from the inside out
deep down
I see that there is positive in this time of need
There is positivity in this time of the new era of "survivial of the fittest".

awesome quotes from awesome authors and poets

"Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders." -William Faulkner.

"Pouring out liqour is like burning books." -William Faulkner.

"Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I choose pain." -William faulkner.

to be continued.....