Leave Like You Be

[patrickoday]

*conscription to succeed*
don’t rest while 

others sleep *

count dollars instead of dreams

become while 

bringing your being *

hoard words instead of fantasy

be trapped in the realm 

of possibility

dry sweat like tear’s out bleed

caravan on valleys

of dusty seed *

pretend every hour is seconds of need 

launch, pull back, only office beat

In heart of hearts never say “please”

*be string tied with invisible screams

100 percent in my sleeve

9 2 5, parasite of me

7 same ∞’s 

Let Me Leave *Please?

There are a lot of comparisons going on in this poem. Rest to sleep, dollars to dreams, words to fantasy, trapped to possibility. I am having trouble deciphering whether some of them are written with a tone of sarcasm. Like in the line:

count dollars instead of dreams

Otherwise, I like the message. What I took away was that we live in a world that is so overtaken with complacency and can turn people into drones from the lens of an outsider. My favorite line is:

be trapped in the realm of possibility

I love a good paradox, and it is very true that in the world today, many of us do feel trapped even though we have the ability to go out into the world and do everything different. It just takes a little agency and intention to choose the right thing in every moment.