Earthbound

"There was a time when You could not see me Imprisoned as you were At the spectrum's lower end Peering through eyes of standard issue Perceiving a form While sounding no depth Was I a barren br..."

"Intricate sophistries abound Dressed in gaudy plausibilities Reasonable facsimilies of meaning Filling minds while starving spirits Medals of malnourishment Worn as proud olympic attainment Supp..."

"You've run the gauntlet, I can tell Tis etched into your visage well You bear the unmistakable air Of one who's learned to gauge his care By substance alone, while shadow you shun The gauntlet of illu..."

"We talked for sometime, not long ago The two of us, pensive, haltingly slow About past regrets and nameless fears Marked only by long dry tracks of tears You told me how it hurt you most That recurrin..."

"Mediocrity in my blood Mediocrity in my bones Certified cog in a society of clones Original thought Gold dust rare Died in mediocre thin air The most pathetic thing of all I have no consciousness of b..."

"The child found the shells of locusts Anchored to backyard trees And spied the shells of floral seeds Floating lazily on the breeze He pressed a shell of aquatic life Against his listening ear To hea..."