Hello World
Written By: Jonny Johnson
Speakers echo the happenings of
Runaway groups on the streets
They were the poets, they were the Beats
I do respect, but will not repeat
I cannot escape from which they were running
Though it’s different things I’ve heard
Dramas spoken in different words
Sciences made to dissect new forms
There’s a constant underlying hum to life’s burning
Many strive for the exciting reach
For me, I plea for not an easy ride
Just wish to have you by my side
I give my attention, I pledge my time
I’m having fun, and I’m in to sharing
Blanketed concepts, I undress
Old habits, I depossess
Towards ideals, I assess
Inclusion always has me figuring
And although you take photos where you go
Do you capture them just like you meant to?
Do you dance in the unknown
Your heart beats like a rolling stone
Do you reach to meet the ends you seek to?
Though your world doesn’t touch me
If I were of it, I’d believe in it
Hold it close, keep it private
And never make public
To the jokers and the clowns that which is sacred
I’d take mark of what affected me
And recognize whom I wished to be
I’d travel light and move pleasurably
Taking the time to be intimate
Among things, I‘m forgetting
When you leave, I mourn your death
The things we knew, I beset
The contents of our meeting, I reset
But the foundation of my affection contains you
If you knew me in a different life
This time, I’ve changed, so please be kind
I do remember, but I remind
I can always be pleased to meet you
And although you take photos where you go
Do you capture them just like you meant to?
Do you dance in the unknown
Your heart beats like a rolling stone
Do you reach to meet the ends you seek to?
In varying degrees of complexity
I move along in resonance
Go sideways in accordance
To an environment caked in elements
And learn the virgin lips were and always will be kissing
The mountain’s shadows were dark from far
Nearby, the colors, make it bizarre
Of dust, you are touched by the stars
And where am I, but in a strange realm of closeness?
It’s possible I’ve missed something
The meaning of art, which was alluded
Or of a friend, whom you colluded
A concentration become diluted
But rarely do I find the need to be searching
A past behind in memories I’m certain
A future ahead with soft eyes uncertain
The flight from Now lifts the curtain
To show I occupy a glitchy, sticky nowness
There’s a loud world out there—quite demanding
It asks of me to turn off the light
Reduce my waste, tread light
Cooperate, ease the fight
I don’t want the outrage, I wish to make her happy
It’s new to me and it’s annoying
I’ll stumble and forget some things
But I’d rather make my peace
And be granted a world worth living
And although you take photos where you go
Do you capture them just like you meant to?
Do you dance in the unknown
Your heart beats like a rolling stone
Do you reach to meet the ends you seek to?