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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

 

Trying to find one’s place in the world is hard because we all have to taste the pain of growing up in

A society where the power of equality is almost nonexistent from others forcing their ideas of being

Normal on everyone without thinking of the consequences of having a warped perspective on seeing

Others suffer from not getting to higher ground to escape the next conflict that concealed in the thick

Shadows feeding on the evils of high society all because the fire of compassion is only a few embers.

 

Many people turn to religion for guidance, using the ideas of an amazing afterlife as a reason for all

The strife of the living and the illusion of peace and love can help to keep some of the shadows at

Bay with the light of glory, yet there is more than one factory of faith wanting to share a message of

Hope to make you feel better while also causing conflict amongst those who follow a different faith.

 

As fragile humans, we believe in whatever gives us a reason to smile because after experiencing many

Moments of turmoil there is a moment to relax and look around for anything else that provide more

Joy with other lost souls, proving happiness loves company just as much as misery by using the newly

Formed groups as an anchor in case an encore of relief is possible and to serve a place meant to be

Preserved so people know that is the place where anyone can escape their problems for a little while.

 

It’s possible to live a life where you believe in people because it’s hard to concentrate on living a pure

Life when temptation exists everywhere, but it’s only natural to be curious about almost everything in

The world and there are a few handfuls of difficult topics most people should never think of to avoid

Being branded as a monster, so there are those who try to hang over everyone like a police helicopter

To try to thwart even the briefest moment of weakness with the readymade gospel to enforce order.

 

Even if you can buckle down to focus on making a better life for yourself by resisting any unsavory

Acts, life isn’t on a straight path because even a minor thing can shift your journey in a huge way and

You could end up some place unexpected that might as well be outer space where there is no one to

Turn to for guidance, so you have to reach out for someone new and rely on blind faith to find your

Newest way home won’t be as chaotic as choosing the correct spot in an anxious game of roulette.

 

No one wants to admit this about the envoys of religion, but always you sing the same song with the

Naïve intentions of making others see the path towards a savior that condemns everyone who is lost

Until they relinquish old habits so that the unlimited love of a higher power can work, even though a

Truly good soul never passes judgment on anyone stranded on their lengthy journey toward salvation.

 

One way to find your own peace is admit that your not on solid ground but wet sand that gives way

So easily when you apply a little pressure, yet you don’t sink into the unknown if you take a moment

To appreciate how many steps have been taken and you know you can’t stop being a human wanting

A place to feel secure instead feeling like you’re naked in the rain without even a glimmer of sunlight.

 

Even if you have a real tearjerker backstory to tell people, you may not find guidance among certain

Groups because they can’t tear themselves from their glorious lives to listen to those who need help

Finding a way out of darkness and the bastards of light don’t want to try to perform their own small

Miracles alone as they belong to one big mob with members who want to be the one to achieve some

Form of demented glory and get on top of the rest of the nervous group, sadly forced to keep score.

 

There are those who think falling into grace is easy by following some rules and doing nothing else to

Keep on the ideal path of glory that is a one-way traffic street that doesn’t allow for any exits that are

Able to provide any alternate routes to transcending the sinners, but this ruins any compassion for a

Society made up of so many people and if being shallow be thy game, then you’ll never know the true

Depths of the human soul and sadly, there is a long progression of such people on the streets today.

 

Never judge anyone until you’ve gotten to know them because the righteous and the wicked desire to

Be seen as normal people who don’t want to be told what to do by those with porcelain skin and little

Concern for common folk after being dosed with too much wicked propaganda about how the human

Race should behave no matter if they lived in the biggest cities or rarely leave the backwoods out of

Fear of being seen as different even though they’re walking down the road of fate like everyone else.

 

All around the world, there will always be those who feel like they don’t truly belong with the rest of

The crowd, admitting that all those judgmental eyes torture me to the point where it’s not worth the

Effort to try and stand out before the next round of anxiety comes to knock me down back into my

Hole in the ground or back under the bridge people can still walk over you without the slightest care.

 

I have also felt like an outsider in this modern world, like how a jungle man visits the big city and is

Petrified with the sight of too many faces making noise that makes it hard to fight like a brave warrior

In the battle of life where things can go wrong long before the stroke of midnight and disaster strikes

Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, there is no one to carry me home just to prove that I still have

A few people who genuinely want to look out for the strange man who wants to make others smile.

 

One bad influence on my life was my mother who always said if you have to ask, the answer is no to

Keep me in my forlorn state, like I’m not the one meant to be the family favorite despite me staying

Out of trouble as much as possible and if any gift came my way, my mother would give it away before

Anyone knew that it was never to be owned in the first place, meaning I had to be the poster child for

Suffering after the fact and these are the ways cruel other people use to ensure joy must be achieved.

 

Another issue I face like many who silently suffer is that me and my friends have drifted far apart to

Provide emotional support and sadly, there is nobody weird like me to have enough common ground

To dispel any tension of meeting a few new faces at a simple coffee shop to spend a little time learning

Something new about the world of the twenty-first century through the eyes of these new people who

Only thought they would find new friends in a parallel universe where there isn’t any fear of strangers.

 

When I met some of my old friends, I could have lied and said that my life had been simple and when

On that day so many years ago I made the getaway of a lifetime where I left my old home and never

Found a reason to return because I enjoyed the area, but never is a long time that slips by faster than

Anticipated and while I have survived roughly thirteen years in exile, I still have emotional scar tissue

From not doing it sooner to enjoy many walkabouts of the mountains with my struggle to find peace.

 

All I can say about life is that there are many people who wish they could say shoot me a smile to an

Unlimited amount of people so that they can ride the longest wave across the oceans of uncertainty

Without feeling judged and not thinking you need the defense of a slow battleship that is also tossed

Around along the difficult waves, meaning it’s hard to search and destroy any negative emotions until

The water is serene and the hunter inside of you can return to the great journey towards a better life.

 

No matter what happens in the future, with this poem in hand, I’m with you whenever you need me

For anything to provide the strength to get up and jump into the world without feeling blue knowing

That as humans, we turn red with many different emotions if we aren’t afraid to be ourselves and try

Every day to something a little better, so please don’t forget about me like something lost in the attic.

 

Always remember, if your good fortune faded for a little while, there are those who have yet to get it

Back for even a brief moment to keep hope alive for one hot minute so that there is room to breathe

In a world that is in need of more smiles from those who think you have to be brave from afar while

They watch and wait for how it ends this incredibly strange experiment called the human race.