The Secret of Life

Aarish Shah
Aug 8, 2017 · 2 min read
Photo Credit — Me! London Southbank

You don't fool me

No way you're going to school me,

Won't be used as a tool, me

I'm the only one who can rule me

Every day under the iridescent sun I think

Channel my energies take my thinking to the brink

Of reality, and before into fantasy I sink

Centre my mind on the present as quick as a wink

This kind of illusive mental behaviour

Has become my rebirth and my saviour

And now my synapses, all they crave for

Is more of this potent neurological flavour

First the ideas flow slowly

Then they begin to flow boldly

Till at once they flow solely

As if there's the flow only

And the beauty just blows me

Away

Like I'm on a tide that just tows me away

My eyes open to the phenomena of the every day

Wakes my senses like ocean breeze and salt spray

I feel blessed every time that I open my eyes

Like I got woke and every moment's a surprise

And now the falsehood is broke every moment's a prize

I'm in permanent rapture like some kind of cocaine high

So here's the lesson from all this that I've learned

Don't let your soul freeze, set it on fire let it burn

Become infatuated with the beauty at every last turn

And with this, the wisdom of the universe you will earn


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Poets Unlimited

Six Years of poetry-only publishing, PoetsUnlimited was a diverse, engaging and authentic poetry magazine. For most of that time a daily publication, it was always diverse and original, and free-to-read by all.

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