National Poetry Month

KALEIDOSCOPES

WHAT IS IT WITH

KALEIDOSCOPES

THEY DRAW YOU IN AND OUT

THEY MESMERIZE

THEY HYPNOTIZE

BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT

THE MOVING SHAPES

YOU CAN'T ESCAPE

I FIND WITHOUT A DOUBT

THEY DO ENTICE

THEY'RE VERY NICE

TO WATCH GO ROUNDABOUT

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I HAVE A BUNCH OF MUSIC VIDEOS ON OUTUBE WITH KALEIDOSCOPES IN THEM...I MAY COME BACK AND POST A LINK FORONE...HERE IS A LINK FOR I KNOW IT INSTRUMENTAL

https://youtu.be/R2iAQN_Z5qw

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YOU KNOW WHAT YOU LEARN

REMEMBER YOU KNOW WHAT YOU LEARN

YOU DON'T ALWAYS LEARN THE RIGHT THINGS

SO IT'S UP TO YOU TO DISCERN

THE TRUTH OR THE LIES THAT IT BRINGS

SIMPLE THINGS

WHEN YOU WALK ALONG THE SHORE

BAREFOOT IN THE SAND

WATCHING ALL THE SEAGULLS SOAR

SEEING WHERE THEY LAND

FEELING SUNSHINE BRIGHT AND WARM

YOU WILL UNDERSTAND

SIMPLE THINGS ARE SO MUCH MORE

THAN YOU COMPREHEND

 

THAT'S HOW IT GOES

WHERE DO YOU FIND

AN OPEN MIND

THAT SEES ALL SIDES

AND THEN DECIDES

TOO MANY CLOSED

WHO ARE OPPOSED

TO ALL OF THOSE

THAT'S  HOW IT GOES

SHADOWS AND ECHOES

SHADOWS AND ECHOES

HOW  DO YOU COMPARE

SEE THEM OR HEAR THEM

YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE

A SHADOW OF A DOUBT

MAY ECHO IN YOUR WORDS

AN UNSEEN SHADOW

THAT IS CLEARLY HEARD

MEMORIES ECHO

SOMETIMES HEARD AND SEEN

SHADOWS MEMENTOS

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

 

 

 

CONFUSION'S ON THE RISE

I ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE TRUTH

BUT NOW SO MANY SAY

WHOSE TRUTH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

THAT CAUSES SOME DISMAY

HOW CAN THERE BE SO MANY TRUTHS

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S LIES

SOMETIMES I THINK OH WHAT'S THE USE

CONFUSION'S ON THE RISE

BE YOURSELF

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO BE YOURSELF

OR DO YOU JUST REFLECT

WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO SEE

AND DO WHAT THEY EXPECT

ELIMINATE CORRUPTION

ELIMINATE CORRUPTION

WE'LL BE MUCH BETTER OFF

IT CAUSES SELF DESTRUCTION

OF ALTRUISTIC STUFF

WE NEED A RECONSTRUCTION

BECAUSE ENOUGH'S ENOUGH

INTO THE NOW

DO YOU FIND YOURSELF PRESENT

AND INTO THE NOW

ARE YOU LOST IN THE PAST

AND WONDERING HOW

YOU FIND YOURSELF THERE

WHILE YOU'RE HERE AND NOW

MISSING THIS MOMENT

IT HAPPENS SOMEHOW

TRY TO BE 

CONSCIOUSLY

PRESENT

HERE AND NOW