Adaptation
(c)2016
Bob Atkinson
surreal
describes our situation
a
mental image processed inward
toward
some deviation's mark
of
human non-progress directly stated
we
step back in our time
within
a mix of what we see
devolved
toward institutions
benign
and in between
solve
for me this problem
help
me with this question
which
expands our capabilities
strength
or cowardice?
strength
would stand our backbone
against
every problem charged
while
cowardice would never ever find
us
with courage leveraged by
by
those men of society
who
claim their laws lie real
when
they, in their weakest moments
this
land underfoot did steal
so
why would what someone says
hurt
you in the least
why
could you not ignore
words
from some strange beast
why
would society protect you
from
verbal communication
even
though those thoughts you hear
come
from a deviant situation
I
would rather hear it all
so
I could adapt to that charge
with
thought over time
as
to their meaning's cause
would
never tell you you're in the wrong
to
say any words to me
for
when you say them openly
you've
set your mind process free
when
you hear these things from me
you
know fully where I stand
I'd
rather have a bullet come
from
front not toward my back
adaptation
changes us
and
melds those not sincere
from
a pot of thoughtless men
into
a set of peers
while
protection of thought
demeans
our species greatly
give
me honesty please friend
so
I can understand your meaning
for
if because of convention
you
hide your feelings from
your
friends and your enemies
we'll
never become just one
always
stay "them and us"
and
those not of my kind
something
I would cry about
from
now 'till end of time
