The Empirical Veneers of Decency and Acceptance



The Empirical Veneers of Decency and Acceptance

The Empirical Veneers of Decency and Acceptance

It’s funny how perceived intelligence
Is not necessarily a measure of true smarts
How the genius, the barrister and the eloquent
Can miss the point from the very start

It’s quite bemusing to observe her lack of self-awareness
And confusing to preserve his political correctness
While alluding to conserve the after effects of a man who is relentless
As you are perusing the unheard elements of what’s considered to be contentious

An oak tree bending under the weight of the wind
The consideration of the original sin
A public aberration as she slurs her words on gin
The complex observation of a life about to begin

Inspired expressions of unique origination
Retired regressions of an ageing physiques external co-ordination
A man inspired by the confessions of a man about to end his degradation
An electronically wired progression of technological advancement and innovation

Harmony, precision, convergence of vibrations
Artfully envisions the re emergence of interstellar configurations
The fervency among the urgency of a myriad of star constellations
Amidst the certainty that can only be a result of intelligent postulations

The weathered eyes of an elderly woman living alone
A feathered sigh from the mind of the unconventionally unknown
The tethered cry of the kind who has intentionally postponed
The severed high of who signed that chooses to remain unknown

We choose the pathways of glory and aspire for recognition
But what about the other story and the original rendition ?
Of one who is inclined to worry about the execution of her vision
As she feels compelled to say she’s sorry for her constant indecision

Anonymity, privacy, seclusion and choice
To take proximity to ignomy and amplify your voice
And in complexity find the simplicity as you express what you rejoice
As the berevity so explicitly lifts up toward a sky lit hoist

An anomalous creature on display to public crowds
A preposterous feature of the haughty and the proud
And then the monsterous teacher who bellows inconsiderately loud
While the consciousness of true preachers expand upon the clouds

I won’t eject your postulations because they’re your subjective truths
And I don’t expect that conversations will always revert back to your youth
But I’ll inspect the indignations of the unrefined and the uncouth
And reject the conversations that deal in deception and mistruths
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Submitted by e.moroz210 on August 02, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic octameter
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Elizabeth Moroz

Elizabeth Moroz is an original independent poet, visual artist and musician based in Perth, Western Australia. She is of Ukrainian-Croatian heritage and has a black sense of humour. more…

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