Labels

is it art if it is not consumed by others;
if it is not seen by the public,
how can it breathe?

is it just a hobby;
another form of work;
is it play?

what if it soothes,
healing troubled minds?
what if it inspires,
sets fire to hair and moves us,
but remains unknown?

what if we didn't feel compelled -
this insufferable need -
to attach labels to all things?

what if everything just was
requiring no label
to give it life,
to define it,
to provide meaning -
how would we hate then?
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Progress

as we advance,
we fall back -

progress a plague;
addiction a screen
hiding forgotten truth
ignored with no recourse -
we know no limits
facts are rumors
whispered on the wind;
reality,                                            truth
is what we believe

we've done this to ourselves;
post-modern questions
opening the door for invalid answers -
we numb ourselves
with harmonious songs
condemning those who sing off key
forgetting to ask why they know a different note -

the disease is more
the symptoms: want and greed
we could be cured by enough

if we could see past the screen
to look back,
to accept old truths,
we might be sated

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