Distractions

Distractions

By: Tyler Ross

Feeding the rush of addiction

Honing in, the description

Another mission

Worm holed, goin’ fishin’

Troubled waters,

Richard Nixon.

Guilty and off the tracks

Listen up, face the facts

The will power you lack

Obsessing, no turning back

Caution tape snapped

Beyond, 

that’s a wrap

Too many thoughts,

Explosion

Under attack

Vision scattered all over the map

No cap

Hey normal, where ya at?

Consciousness is taking a nap

Distractions turned satisfactions

Primal reactions

Glued to rhythmic actions 

Until the beat stops

And shame spills from 

Inside out your lap

10 to 20 minutes

Then welcome back

Wipe, rinse, and repeat

Distraction complete

Reenter the world

From getting beat

Hey normal, where ya at?

I’d like to meet.

More Than

More Than

By: Tyler Ross

We take it in and accept its stay.

A powerful tool, but not just a tool,

today.

It runs our lives and measures our worth.

So we believe in validation

forgetting our limited time on this Earth.

Counting the numbers like currency

It’s absurd.

All can fall down with as little as one word.

We bully ourselves just as much

as we torment each other.

Ego to the brain, destroying the sane,

smothered by the addiction.

You’d think this was fiction

or SciFi, they way we’re controlled

all by these lies.

Be more pretty, loud, and proud, more fit,

don’t take anymore of this superficial bullshit!

It’s not legit, so quit

while you’re ahead.

Instead of checking out

unaware of what reality has fed.

You’re worth more than a tap on the screen.

You’re worth more even if you aren’t being seen.