572. Less

Society sees me as unhuman,

Yet, expects me to act as one,

And treats me as less than human,

While expecting me not to run,…

Away.

The world demands of me, humanity,

And trust without reason or rhyme.

I’m not okay with perjury,

And refuse to spend more time,

In waste.

So, then why should I trust, or pretend to?

Why try to connect anymore?

No matter what trials I’ve passed through,

I’m ne’er seen as anything more,…

Than less.

K.Aldaya, 1/22/22

Picture: By Flo Karr on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/lsznA8wBw1g

571. Pathfinder

I’ve always followed my own path.

Made my own way.

Beyond the borders of society,

I trodded off another way,

For there was no one else who could understand me.

Though maybe, someday, things will change,

For those like me.

There’ll be a clear path through the far hollow,

Because I was steadfast enough,

To keep walking my own way, rather than follow.

K. Aldaya, 1/15/22

Picture: By Asap Rocky on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/6pM42ya72Jg

568. M.E.

Why can’t you acknowledge and accept me?

Not for who you wish I was,

But who I’ve come to be?

Not by choice, and not from spite,…

By providence and necessity.

For I can not escape from myself,

Where I live entirely,…

And where none come to find me.

M.E……..Missing Eternally.

K. Aldaya, 12/8/21

Picture: By Keith Wong; https://unsplash.com/photos/3BqzXdQFJvc

565. Arcane

I waited lifetimes for men to do what is right,

To seek truth, no matter how hard,

And light-up the ageless night,…

In search of each shard,

Of forgotten plight.

Yet, there’s no use in waiting for hope or justice,

When men seek what’s easy, not just,…

And sleep soundly at night, feckless,

As shadows are thrust,

In each orifice.

I waited lifetimes for no more than fantasy;

For when I look into the black,

It gazes back into me,

While those who won’t see,

Endlessly attack,…

And I grin, knowingly.

K. Aldaya, 11/17/21

Picture:

From Sucker Punch; https://gifs.alphacoders.com/gifs/view/181159

2. From Sucker Punch; https://www.fanpop.com/clubs/sucker-punch/images/26330438/title/babydoll-photo/4

561. Estranged

I crossed mountains,

To warn of evil,

And you did not even care;

Then made friends with the devil,

And cast me out.

I crossed oceans,

To deliver you,…

To protect you, and to care;

Then you left and never knew,

I was drowning.

I crossed deserts,

To be by your side,

And quench your soul with hope;

And you rolled on as the tide,…

And left me there.

I crossed highways,

To run away to….

Nowhere in particular.

Desperately,…ran from you,…

And you let me.

K. Aldaya, 9/5/21

Picture: By Simon Berger on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/ET6NrIKz7Ak