As Small As a Giant…Simply Our Creations

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The passion sits burning,
yearning to be manifested in the shadows of the mind
Aside of the window sill I sit still gazing at skylines and ushered escapes
Rushing through traffic for no one time seems to wait.
Elevators…they crowd many kilos over capacity,
sharing cubicles with the one guy who always seems to be mad at me.
Taxis cab, old ladies singing songs of the past, kids backpacked on the way to school they laugh.
Marta trains and rails, exchange of business via emails,
newspaper stands open, the scent of bagels fill the room
Mascara putting away gloom as sunshine and birds chirp bringing new hope to a life
that may be failing or disillusioned in doom

It all starts here…within.

From rooftops in the distance, state parks, rivers and trees

groomed and landscaped among other shrubberies.
Before it can be expelled to the breath of the physical,
mental patterns cascading sometimes makes all seem dismal.
These thought are as small as a giant…what’s time to these brainwaves racing.
Faster than the speed of those alike still different from one experience of might
The clean air, rainy days, cold stares, it’s all relative anyways.
Jack hammers and nail guns keep clambering
As marble and glass curtains skirt horizons and tower cranes,
Putting doubt in the minds of those naysayers who said nothing could be gained
All of these creations glamour before us; feast your eyes
Just look around,
It’s no surprise to my mind these thoughts made belief,
From ancient Egypt, to London, and Rome… even these urban streets
Nothing has changed…only the mind frames
Some want to add, others favor subtraction
A giant seeing no greater quality than
to place these thoughts into words…making blueprints with THESE actions.

‘No, we were all born to be stars, some just get off too soon.’

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We piled inside the small compact car smelling like Vodka, sweat, and good times.

Someone yelled ‘Let’s take Marta.’ After all, it’s smarter. Well, it’s just we all had been drinking.  Summer was approaching and there was a sudden silence in the air, you knew what everyone was thinking.

Ralph was such a good guy is what we all seemed to pray.  He was one exit from home on that fateful day.

With a driven purpose in mind we walked towards the next arriving Blue Line.  It’d be ten minutes or so before the next rail was set to arrive.  Under the influence it seemed like forever.  In the meantime, we’d admire a smoke and a share a few thoughts of laughter.  Philips Arena, Five Points… Georgia State soon after.  We waited along with a few others in the morning dim.  There were no panhandlers in sight, it must have been too early for them.  That’s what Greg joked but I saw truth in that.  I was almost at a dose when I felt a sprinkle of inspiration in fact.  Awakening was the rail’s brakes and images of flying sparks.  The old woman sitting by the young lady I met tonight both got off at Inman Park.  Those other guys I believe were migrating West.  I thought to myself, ‘Marta is Smarter’, even they know what’s best.  The conductor insisted Edgewood/Candler would be coming up next.  I looked around and there weren’t a familiar face left other than one guy from  yesterday’s game.   By the time we reached Decatur I had forgotten his name.  On similar paths we travel some of our minds lose tract. Then I saw my reflection realizing I am a man of my own and fully understand maps.  Have been for awhile now and soloist decisions have become the norm.  Through many roads I’ve traveled while weathering the storm.   Further I’ve gone, but nowhere near home.  Then I see through their eyes.  Faces show smiles and in hearts true gloom.  Or perhaps, maybe I’ve gone too far as a train passes flashing, ‘No, we were all born to be stars, some just get off to soon.’