Saturday, April 7, 2012

PROFILE



Maybe
it’s not always time for
Basketball Wives
True Blood
Dancing with the Stars
or the 11 o’clock news
not always time
to click “Like”
become entrenched in a
72-comment conversation
on Facebook
to debate & protest
upload risqué
bathroom-mirror pics
or flood the News Feed
with virtual celebration
about Kobe’s 17th
3-pointer tonight

When’s the last time
you debated the deception
your head has you believing?
got you wedged in relentless
unsavory life patterns
questioning your sanity
spinning in a splintered cycle

Maybe
it’s time to ask “why”
of your substandard conditions
protest your shortage of answers
ponder your own fate
lament less for others
not that they aren’t important
but if you deplete
your energy on them
what's left for you?

Or maybe that’s your point

Maybe
it’s time to visit
with your shadow
find out how it feels
about trailing behind you
in your eternal state of flux
ask if it’s tired
of watching you stumble
and being dragged along
on your rutted journey
apologize for wild-goose chases
for not giving better directions
invite it to lead for a bit
so you can
rewire your GPS

Maybe
it’s time to watch
your reality show
it’s on right now
all day
the real you
unstaged
in need of your dominance
but you’re on mute
cuz you’re bored
confused about the plot
afraid of the conclusion

Maybe
it’s time to “Like”
your own interests & opinions
comment on your behavior
upload mental pics
of your ambitions in fruition
unfriend your ego’s drivel
friend your higher self instead
star in your own life
out-perform yourself
make your shadow proud
to have you as its leader

Maybe
it’s time
to update your profile

offline

Copyright 2012
Charlene E. Green

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