I Will Never Be You
(a fast paced read)
You are not I,
I am not you,
My eyes are brown,
Yours are blue.
You are a failure,
I am strong.
Everything you say is a lie,
Though a sickly sweet song.
You are not I,
I am not you.
I have no children,
You have two.
You never do see them,
But ignore their existence,
Despite their long and hard persistence.
You are not I,
I am not you.
I will never end up as sorry as you.
I will hold my head high,
Till it touches the sky,
As you stay down where you are,
In your deep pit of lies.
For you are not I,
I am not you,
And I will never be
:ike you.
~Mine
... And these children that you spit on as they try to
change their worlds are immune to your consulations.
They're quite aware of what they are going through.
— David Bowie
We life in a culture that promotes
democratic values of being fair to one and all, the importance of
fitting into a group, and knowing how to cooperate with other
people. We are taught early on in life that those who are
outwardly combative and aggressive pay a social price:
unpopularity and isolation. These values of harmony and
cooperation are perpetuated in subtle and not-so-subtle ways -
through books on how to be successful in life; through the
pleasant, peaceful exteriors that those who have gotten ahead in
the world present to the public; through notions of correctness
that saturate the public space. The problem for us is that we are
trained and prepared for peace, and we are not at all prepared
for what confronts us in the real world -
WAR
Robert Greene (The 33 strategies of
War)
Introducing my children in the future...
Friend: Awe, what's your name?
Me: We call her Lucy.
Friend: Is it short for Lucille?
Me: No, Lucifer.
