Carrot-sun, sky-stick —
Change, chased to the horizon,
every eve, escapes…
Last night I dreamed I
shaved my head to symbolize
this loss of progress
“Life is a rat race —
crawled bald, cradle to the grave”,
Wise Solomon says
Simple Simons say,
“Happiness is denying
cold reality”
I’m caught in between
dying in light of the truth,
accepting my lot
Living a half-life
in darkness of denial
of what I can see
I want to believe
things are better then they seem,
living lucid dreams…
I want to believe
my future’s not this fragile,
living denial…
I want to believe
where there’s a will, there’s a way,
living life, not lies…
I want to believe
when I die, life was worthwhile,
winning the rat race…
Søren Kierkegaard,
Christian Devil’s Advocate,
just like me, has said
“Life can only be
understood backwards; but it
must be lived forwards”
I want to believe
and read backwards “dog was star”,
living “rats saw god”…
by RY HAKARI
© All rights reserved 2015
unbolt me 
i love the leaps in imagination, the sudden associations and connections.. Are you familiar with Beethoven’s late quartets? They are a challenge but once you find the key to his thinking they make sublime sense..give them a listen sometime and preferably under the influence of ‘something’
Great work here, Ry
Your Brother
john
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Thank you, John!
I was really, really happy to get this poem as my guest post!
Ry is a perfect composer and a great conductor of wordy orchestras!
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Thanks John! Sorry for the delay in responding! I’m not familiar with his late quartets, though I did know that he went deaf later in life, and continued to write music! It sounds very interesting!
My best to you brother!
Ry
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“Rats saw god”? I wonder if what they saw was actually a bat…
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Not wings make angels… but our belief ❤
A bat? Why not?
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Or a cat! Or the Pied Piper, who led the rats to their deaths, as legend goes! Thanks for reading, and sorry for late response Edwin! 🙂
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This is great! My favorite lines are in the very last haiku, “dog was star” and “rats saw god”!
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Thank you, Alice ❤
I'm proud that the Cheshire Cat let me share this masterpiece!
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Thanks Pepper! The Dog Star, is known as Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major (Greater Dog), according to wikipedia!
And the Rat God? uh… this isn’t exactly what I had in mind, but it’s funny:
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Thanks for the share Tan’ka Queen! It’s been a pleasure working with you, looking forward to tomorrow’s semantic antics! 😛
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Ry, I endlessly grateful to you for letting me share this one ❤
And yes, I can't wait to see where we go today 😛
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You’re welcome! The show has gone on! Looking forward to part 3 of part 2! 😛
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Please keep writing, Ry. I implore you! 🙂
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Thanks Tony! It was a dark time when I wrote this one! It’s always dark somewhere though, so I write myself a light to see through the night on my way to tomorrow, which is always a day away! I’m running on fumes… must refuel with microwaved meat sticks…
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Yes, recharge, for tomorrow I will be standing there with a whip and chair. I shall be merciless! “Mush!” I’ll scream. “Mush!” And now I’m mixing my metaphors. Or something. Erm, just gonna go and sit in a corner now… 😛
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LOL… I just imagine…
OK! Hush… hush…
Please, give my whip back when you finish!
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Ry is amazing, isn’t it? ❤
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Your whip is a very high quality one, Tati. Where on earth did you get it? 😛
(And, yes, Ry is a superstar!) 😉
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Every time I look at you
I don’t understand
Why you let the things you did
Get so out of hand
You’d have managed better
If you’d had it planned
Why’d you choose such a backward time
And such a strange land?
Superstar… Superstar…
Yes, it’s a silly association, I know 😛
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LOL! That deserves a round of applause! 😀
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Ah, I missed this compliment thread! You guys made me blush 😛 You guys are going to inflate my ego and give me a big head lol 😛
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Oh, Ry!
Let me kneel before you! 😛
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Thanks Tati, you are sweet 😛
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