Style means nothing without substance
That’s something money can’t buy
Walking through the world in a trance
Long enough to embrace living this lie
Social outcast learns how to survive
Turning loneliness into independence
Wanting to avoid the impending nosedive
Sometimes caution means ride the fence
Timid people constantly read the room
While they study the human psyche
Pessimistic views in lingering doom
Securing secrets under lock and key
Wise souls are always seeking truth
Trying to reason with their emotions
Hungry for justice wanting proof
Instead of going through the motions
Every example above are the pieces
For a puzzle of relative understanding
Until the urge of self-doubt increases
Sometimes my chaos gets demanding
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2024
When I read your musing, a quote of Friedrich Nietzsche was the first thought that came to my mind: “You must have chaos inside to give birth to a dancing star. “It’s exactly the chaos, the self doubts, the questions upon questions, the deep reflections at night which give birth to a dancing star of inspirations writings and deep thoughts. Great work, dear Damian!
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Elke. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Thank you for your continued support. Appreciate you.
This is a good piece of musing, Damian.
This is so true
“Timid people constantly read the room
While they study the human psyche “
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Fia. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Loved those lines as well. Appreciate you, cuz.
Damian
This is the stanza that stuck out for me:
“ Wise souls are always seeking truth
Trying to reason with their emotions
Hungry for justice wanting proof
Instead of going through the motions”
There can be so much chaos inside our minds because there can be so much turmoil in the world. How can we not lay our heads at night and not have everything rampage through our heads? Making sense of everything takes time and a lot out of us, but the brain is a brilliant machine; protecting, processing, healing. And lucky for us, yours delivers these musings that we gobble up like starving people in the desert.
Brava, my friend.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Mary. So glad you connected with the write my friend. One of my favorite stanzas as well. Thank you for your continued support my friend, right back at ya. Appreciate you.
Damian
You’re welcome 🙂
Amazing piece Damian. Thank you for sharing 🙏
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Drieks. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
I think it all comes from being wounded too many times. I identify with this very much.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Tim. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I agree with you, that has a good deal to do with it. Appreciate you.
Damian
Wonderfully written Damian. Well said. Keep up the great poetry my friend.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Keith. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Thank you for your continued support my brother. Appreciate you.
Damian
Dude, I’m not timid at all and yet I still read a room! I am extremely observant of my surroundings. It’s a crazy world yaknow!
Your write is a crowd of personalities, interesting in each of their ways. The rhyme makes it flow really well. It’s carrying a beat all its own. Well versed Damian.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Mark. So glad you connected with the write my friend. It is a crazy world, reading the room is always required. Appreciate you.
Damian
hello dearest Damian this is excellent I can relate to the searching and lonliness of not being satisfied with pat answers ❤️
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Brenda. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I know exactly what you mean. Appreciate you.
Damian
It takes so many approaches and responses to survive these days. And not the least of which is temporary retreat and regroup. How do your pieces always seem so relevant to every moment? Prophet, I’m telling you. Keep assembling the pieces of the puzzle, my friend
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Willow. So glad you connected with the write my friend. These days reading the room and critical thinking are required to survive it seems. I will always be piecing together the puzzle, it’s what I do. Appreciate you.
Damian
There’s a real honesty here in the way you weave survival, wisdom, and self‑doubt into one puzzle feels deeply human. The closing admission about chaos being “demanding” hit especially true.🙏🏻🕊️
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, kesnerfreds. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Welcome to Stars Rite. Appreciate you.
Damian
Reminds me of the matrix with the red and blue pill. Either face reality or live in fantasy.
Great ink friend.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Nick. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
Damian you formed this into a great poem of rumination. Very much loved the way this unfolded. So much wisdom in your words. Truly great poem my friend.
John
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, John. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian