Nomadic Scriptures by the insane
\ni come from nowhere and will probably end the same
\nwho am i then, not lost but forever wondering
\nthrough my nowhereland…<\/p>\n
along the way a man enlightened, so proud and great,
\nhe knew to teach me the way
\nand directed me to…<\/p>\n
confide my soul to priests that boast possession over faith
\nand suffer religion to devalue god
\ninto another cheapened artifact to fear
\nbut i, truly mad, chose to suffer hell in life
\nrather than surrender myself to the proud and blind<\/p>\n
Nomadic Scriptures from an unsound mind
\ni come from nowhere and speculate the same
\nwho am i then, so faithless but still i pray
\nthrough my sweet nothingland…<\/p>\n
along the way a man successful, such fortune and fame
\nhe knew to take from me the little i had
\nand lectured me that…<\/p>\n
self-satisfaction is worthy my submission
\na master for my spirit, the artificial world of fickle ambition
\nwhere superficial desire devalues love and life
\ninto a conscienceless commodity objectified to please the heartless shell
\nbut i, truly mad, chose another hell and saw the rich as poor instead
\nsuffering to be abused rather than the abuser
\na warrior to fall as the last living exception, in the land of prospering slaves<\/p>\n
Nomadic Scriptures of a beautiful delusion
\ni come from nowhere and my path is not paved
\nwho am i then, neither lost nor saved
\ntraveling through nowhereland…<\/p>\n
along the way a scholar man, academic of absolute truth and fact
\namong those knowledgeable select few, he was rigorous and exact
\nspeedily he took to instructing me that…<\/p>\n
god is naught and all such mysteries long solved
\nfor surely we live in the most advanced era so highly evolved
\nthat we’re landlords of Earth and slave-owners of all its resources
\nman’s unsurpassed greatness, he thus resolved
\nplaces him as the most self-aware being in the known universe
\nsipping coffee from a paper cup he handed me a textbook mock-up
\nwhere he scrupulously prove to me the meaning of life
\nlaid out over elaborate graphs and diagrams to prove he was right<\/p>\n
Nomadic Scriptures of the daydreamer kind
\ni come from nowhere and will probably end that way
\nwho am i then, not lost but forever wondering
\nthrough my makebelieveland…<\/p>\n
along the way a kindred man, heroes unnamed unsung untold and roaming
\nsouls painted by homelessness, poverty, war, and desperate days
\nhe knew not to know and boasted nothing but a smile on his face
\ndignified grace the eyes told all there is or was to say
\nso, in casual disregard to bygones and come what mays,
\nwe nodded in silent respect and went our separate ways<\/p>\n
The portrait of a nomad from the unwritten Scriptures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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