Getting My Ya Yas Out

I can’t hardly find any anymore, the carpe diem

seems to have run its course as I await my fate

in diminishing options and possibilities as what

happens to old men who didn’t plow through life

without regard for others who made their fortunes 

with the blood and suffering of the common man. 

It’s the way of the world in spite of short lived

kingdoms, communes, civilizations that tried to

evolve into righteous communities but lasted only

as long as serendipity and resources would allow,

the promised land a myth some still are looking for,

Mars maybe, only because whomever thinks so has

already given up on the earth, which may be correct.

We don’t know because only the mystics have seen

the world in another way, not the greed driven 

survival outlook espoused by even the philosophers

and other high minded thinkers that purport to speak 

for the masses but only compound confusion for money.

Buddha’s first truth was “life is suffering.” Why? 

Because it’s the truth that’s easiest to see if one is being 

objective. Why it’s that way and how to deal with it

comes next. It’s more realistic than thinking “if I get

my McMansion and three cars I’ll be happy.” or any

other ifs…no one gets there from here. Even if you get

there it’s not at all what you thought it would be, so 

you’re still not really there. Mars notwithstanding.

Just because you don’t like the truth doesn’t mean

it’s going to change.