SIFTING THROUGH COLLATERAL

Knowing for the sake of knowing and knowing for the sake of doing something MEANINGFUL with that knowledge is not the same thing.

I hope the latter follows the former but in these cases, it never does.

So why overload your precious mind with facts that won’t change your life?

See it as I’m doing you a favour.

To whose benefit is it for you to know?

Mine?

To whose day will it affect?

Mine?

To whose time will it shift?

Mine?

If I give you knowledge

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH IT?

Wasted darts wasted aim wasted content wasted game

resulting in me here

miles away

yet still miles away

staring at the lights - whilst inside begins to dim

the turmoils of tomorrow persist - but I’m REALLY TRYING to savour the moment.

I fear I have stretched myself.

What to keep?

What to cancel?

I do not know

Who to please?

Who to offend?

I do not know

Everything has pros and cons - which can you afford to live with?

For whom will I go the distance?

For myself I will stay.

How many city lights are wasted by minds sifting through collateral

when we should be paying attention to the flickers of artificial hope dancing on behalf of us?

Revert to the old paths and give me back my stars. Let me rise and rest the way nature intended.

I’m burdened by the consequences of this digital age.

If you had to write me letters you would think twice about what you would say,

and by the time the letter reached me I would have sunk into the arms of another day.

For whom will I go the distance?

For myself I will stay.