Quotes and Poems: Day 93

Quote:

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."

― Rob Siltanen

Poem:

Lord Knows

BY KWAME OPOKU-DUKU

It gets messy underneath the veil

when the strength it takes to be

can zap the moisture from your skin,

and all you want is to be held to the

breast of a beautiful being and never let go

while the beautiful people sing,

I hope your new soul remains pure!

And lord knows what we lose

once we believe we are clean, how purity

breeds atrocity like terriers in heat,

why, like a flock of pigeons circling

a rooftop, lord, we know not why we do.

And lord knows we're heavy with

the weight of time, and that too many

times, we died before we began,

that every prayer is a vanity, every

god oblivious to our cries.

What else now but to speak plainly:

Lord, we curse this devilful motherfucker to the

ground. Let us march on cities until they

crumble, blasting Miles Smiles as loud

as the speakers will bear, to tell them

how even in that moment,

which would feel to them so dark and unrelenting,

there could be infinite beauty

if they would allow themselves to feel it.