We walk about
Held be human,
Allude forever
To so function,
Claim a stance
Above another,
Borders extant
Far from other,
Of mortal man
Said corporeal,
Having a mind
Debatable real,
Tho often time
Musters appeal,
Of tilted regard
That fail conceal,
His soul’s discard
Hides there upon,
A genuine human
Nigh wholly gone,
Reached near extant
Finds robot for his pawn,
Till swallowed as its servant!
© Jean-Jacques Fournier
If one could live forever
Might this hold being free,
Or confuse so the measure
Of a wishful thinking spree,
Else be of bent mind clever
The while deny bid’s plea,
To objurgate a moot debate
On life spans short decree,
By the gods of fixing fate
Who exact this mortal fee,
On mankind destined state
Beckons thus eternal sleep,
Tho beg delay expiry date
We’ve to exit existence’s keep,
Lest this life should be forever!
Of man we hoped
While we ignored,
The dark side
Of this being,
Thus would suffer
His betrayal,
Whilst he misused
Our naïve trust,
Hence so bestowed
He’d fail be worthy,
Held higher mortal…
Granitic he levels neath
The surface of intent,
An immoral creature
Of life form pitiable,
That but abuses
The innocent beguiled,
Fellow mortals
Who for the while
Find this being,
A peerless creature
Chosen to elect as leader,
To blindly go on trusting!
The world beholds
A budding mind
Of adolescent bold,
Who soon finds
Psyche in a bind,
Needs mortally face
Youth be replaced,
To thus suffer
That nadir bath
On an ageing path,
The apathetic cold
In mortal bane hold…
No one be immune
To this adverse tune,
Of fated waste
Etching ones face,
Hence with resign
Aging so awaits
A fitting celebrate,
Where you may find
Me fashionably late!
I might’ve listened
To my other,
The one inside,
Who chose bother
Act from within
This mortal hide,
To field the whims
Of reckless touts
I foolishly decide,
Whilst I ignore
Pernicious glitter,
Bound to ensue
Rents of flicker,
Amid dead spirits
Who seek solace
From things bitter,
Having believed
Choices be shrewd,
Instead of listening
To my other,
The one inside!
Poetry on a canapé 