Nostalgic Remnants
A poem by Eric Pellinen
Before there were roads to travel
lands to explore
skies to fly
or strange cities to party in
there was only a room to occupy
strewn with plastic toys
made by those who mastered human imagination
so you could master yours
If you were lucky enough, there was a television
sitting in the corner
and if you were good enough
all you needed was a video game
pizza
juice
to entertain your good friends
without doubts, or confusion
Your job was nothing more than holding a cheap
number 2 pencil
writing words or numbers down on cheap paper
it may have been a bleary mess
or had every wrong answer
but there was no need to fear
even if you felt guilty, shedding youthful tears
Love of Summer was more intense
as well as the feeling of Autumn's leaves falling
which was the sign of good death
to the resurrection of a hopeful Spring
There's nothing wrong with looking back
at the age where it's too late
to change an unforgiving environment
put together by unimaginative minds
shedding your dollars of pennies all the time
Don't be ashamed of escaping a hopeless present
by reaching for the nostalgic remnants
of a whole past long gone
because no matter how things have changed
there's always
pizza
and juice
to entertain old friends
by playing old school video games.
Michael has lived among mortals for over 600 years. Now, the main suspect in a cluster of serial killings he is fighting for his life as past and present collide.
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Unfaithful Happiness
A poem by Eric Pellinen
Those on top of the world hold firmly
to a reliable bottomless pit
reaching inside, expecting nothing at all
yet taking out priceless ventures
worth only as much as loving to avoid it
Easy is the ability of achieving exactly what
is desired
on thrones looking over the smiling faces
hiding painful sorrows
Hard is finding relief for those who can't have
the right to be honest
because of the fact that unlimited power
creates a barrier
the heavy crown prevents from looking over
As the man dwelling in their parent's basement
struggles on a journey to a pot of real gold
at the end of their destiny made out of the fate's
glossy rainbows
Failures above
inside dirty homes
with selfish children
spoiled by plastic corporate tools
created for lazy adults who couldn't maintain helpful imaginations
due to ingesting stimulating poisons
Sinning is helpful at times
when mistakes are worth more than
college degrees burned in ancient fireplaces
because even if sadness costs a lot
it's cheaper than an unfaithful happiness
made out of entertaining lies
and passionate
inauthentic hearts.
Essential Illusions
A poem by Eric Pellinen
In a Universe occupied by the circumstances of chance
can be explained away by the mathematical precision
that is gratefully unwritten
Life is the hardest to put up with
in the softest spots
due to the bad habits
of too many unnecessary thoughts
as the boredom of drunk minds
find solace by bashing
the smiling faces of tranquility
Speeding past the limits
of passionate rules written to keep everything safe
with no destination
but unexpected death for a fool's conclusion
There is no time inside the void
when it immediately pushes
us through the imaginary doorway
memories of loved ones keep them alive
in a world where they can no longer
talk for themselves
yet they will be talking to strangers
learning to be someone new
in a place of their birth
or on another spherical rock
filled with essential waters
bearing the thinking fruits
of active lives
As new illusions are imagined for survival
the same sacrifices are made
to build clocks
for measuring the difference
between nights and days
Evolving to discover
the gold seasons
appropriately worshipping for all the right reasons
then fight the right kind of wars
to realize the correct form
of influential rebellions.
Apologetic Variant
A poem by Eric Pellinen
The good old days are now nothing more than ash
reminding us how spectacularly
high the fire rose to the darkened skies
lighting our way to better
momentary days
Destinations could only last as long
as we all could come to realize balanced agreements
of miscommunications leading to bad forms
of new educations
revolving repetitions of the past's worst conclusions
Vivisections ripping the idyllic souls of society's
progressive goals
because when memory is inherited
what has been seen before with fresh new eyes
mistake it as a brand new surprise
same old lies
get louder with bright days
along with dead silent nights
Sometimes it's best to look from afar
instead of looking too close
for too many details are useless to expose
As time is the one tool young minds forget to use
when it's appropriate to light
the big fuse
bursting fresh fires
even making the Sun envious
of those it serves without question
Fumes are the poetry of human imagination
required for the survival of those attempting
to become the fittest
the smell could be bad
but also feel good
No need for variants
of apologetic innocence
as the free thinking
free loving
living
sing their songs
alive upon Earth's indifference.