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R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
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“Human beings are capable of extraordinary things. We can create and we can destroy, we can love or we can hate. Some people believe they have souls. While others think that there is only this. Just this. Reality. The news. Killings, wars, bombings, hate, prejudice. Death.
And death? No one ever dies on television. Only the bad guys do.
Not you. Just them.
So death is without meaning. Happens without meaning due to media. We see but don't feel, we watch but haven't experienced. We can only sympathize. A gun doesn't fire on it's own and a fanatic doesn't just wake up one day and become a murderer. Hate doesn't have a face. Death doesn't have a face. Human beings become that face. All of us everyday. Whether you like it or not.
Why? Because this is a mindset a culture a history. From the time we are children we are taught that this is right and this is wrong. This is what a man does. This is what a woman does. Children emulate the behaviors of adults. Parents, movie characters and just about everyone else. We live in a society based on ideals. We celebrate the intelligence of the human race and then we take on the guises of everything the opposite of that belief we've ever known and support violence, support war. Behaviors that any intelligent race should have abandoned many years ago. We are surrounded by violence, surrounded by what we still are and what we are not becoming. Frankly we are all still just primitives and not capable in any way shape or form of creating a complete and everlasting peace and that's the sad reality of it all and always has been. We're just human. Only human. The good, the bad and the ugly. The evil, the damaged and the sick. The rich, the poor and all the rest of us.
So look at it this way. You can't change the world or make the world stop killing. You can't stop violence or hatred but you can walk away from it all. Violence is a part of being human. But so is love. So? Only fight if you have to. Live peacefully and as a peace keeper and do what you can to make the small part of your own world a better place. Whether that's thru creation, protest, teaching or just being who you are and doing what you do. You can't stop humanity from being humanity and you certainly can't stop all the horrible things that happen around the world everyday. So accept it. Light a candle, say a prayer, donate or meditate, listen to some music, write. But even if the human race isn't everything you wish it could be?
Hold on to love. Hold onto friends. Hold onto hope or whatever religion or belief that guides you through the dark.
Because in the end? You're just human and that's all that you can do. The best that you can do.”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
And death? No one ever dies on television. Only the bad guys do.
Not you. Just them.
So death is without meaning. Happens without meaning due to media. We see but don't feel, we watch but haven't experienced. We can only sympathize. A gun doesn't fire on it's own and a fanatic doesn't just wake up one day and become a murderer. Hate doesn't have a face. Death doesn't have a face. Human beings become that face. All of us everyday. Whether you like it or not.
Why? Because this is a mindset a culture a history. From the time we are children we are taught that this is right and this is wrong. This is what a man does. This is what a woman does. Children emulate the behaviors of adults. Parents, movie characters and just about everyone else. We live in a society based on ideals. We celebrate the intelligence of the human race and then we take on the guises of everything the opposite of that belief we've ever known and support violence, support war. Behaviors that any intelligent race should have abandoned many years ago. We are surrounded by violence, surrounded by what we still are and what we are not becoming. Frankly we are all still just primitives and not capable in any way shape or form of creating a complete and everlasting peace and that's the sad reality of it all and always has been. We're just human. Only human. The good, the bad and the ugly. The evil, the damaged and the sick. The rich, the poor and all the rest of us.
So look at it this way. You can't change the world or make the world stop killing. You can't stop violence or hatred but you can walk away from it all. Violence is a part of being human. But so is love. So? Only fight if you have to. Live peacefully and as a peace keeper and do what you can to make the small part of your own world a better place. Whether that's thru creation, protest, teaching or just being who you are and doing what you do. You can't stop humanity from being humanity and you certainly can't stop all the horrible things that happen around the world everyday. So accept it. Light a candle, say a prayer, donate or meditate, listen to some music, write. But even if the human race isn't everything you wish it could be?
Hold on to love. Hold onto friends. Hold onto hope or whatever religion or belief that guides you through the dark.
Because in the end? You're just human and that's all that you can do. The best that you can do.”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
“There is no revolution.
There is no shallow fame.
There is only being true to
Yourself & your art.
To write or create
You must be a real human being
Or it's garbage”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
There is no shallow fame.
There is only being true to
Yourself & your art.
To write or create
You must be a real human being
Or it's garbage”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
“The moment is the morning cup of coffee and the truth from the writer's pen, the clarity of the poem, desolation & creation.
Fame, glory & once upon a times never matter in the end.
The only thing that matters or that will still one-day matter or remain alive are the words that you write long after you are gone ... or dust.”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
Fame, glory & once upon a times never matter in the end.
The only thing that matters or that will still one-day matter or remain alive are the words that you write long after you are gone ... or dust.”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
“From ancient lore to modern science poets are supposed to be the revelators, the prophets and the seers. Poets are supposed to shine the light in the dark corners where there is none or just a mere amount capable of hope through words . But? What if being a poet doesn't mean any of these things in the 21st century? Are we evolving or are we losing our focus ? In great testaments to the art of writing we make grand statements like " Poetry Matters" " Poetry Is Still Alive & Well" But unless we actually push forth these antiquated ideals and reboot them into the new we really are no longer something that humanity needs.
Reinvent these old ideals.
Write & create in the now.
Renew the waters of creation which we thrive in.
And for fucks sake.
Invoke Alexa if you have to !”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
Reinvent these old ideals.
Write & create in the now.
Renew the waters of creation which we thrive in.
And for fucks sake.
Invoke Alexa if you have to !”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
“It deeply saddens & disturbs me when I start to see poetry open mics only open to academics & students rather than a poetry mic that is open to the public, welcomes all & everyone, human beings, people of all ages to read their work. It smacks of a bizarre "primitive form of elitism" let alone it degrades the human spirit and sends the false message to kids that to be a professional writer or poet that you have to attend an over-priced college and have some sort of degree. That's like telling a punk rock musician that in order to join or form a band he needs a degree from Julliard. What completely ridiculous & arrogant nonsense.
POETRY is for EVERYONE.
As it should be.”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
POETRY is for EVERYONE.
As it should be.”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
“Sometimes we cannot ignore the negativity of this world. Loss, tragedy & death is a part of being human. In an age where we desperately try to avoid these things around every corner we must gather together and sometimes endure them. Sure. You can avoid social media & the news but if you turn on the blinders then you also become a part of the problem, and not a part of the mourning, the apathy. And not a part of the solution. As it is we have busy lives, families & our own problems. But sometimes as human beings we are allowed to grieve, come together and heal. It's when we become so oblivious to things that we must sit back and reflect on what we've become, or possibly even what we are becoming.”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
“Truth is?
Sometimes amid all the chaos you've got to walk into the fire whether you like it or not because there's a better world out there waiting for you to help make it.
Stand up.”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
Sometimes amid all the chaos you've got to walk into the fire whether you like it or not because there's a better world out there waiting for you to help make it.
Stand up.”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
“Writing a bit closer to the edge today.
Sometimes you just have to throw the truth all out there and annihilate all the bullshit.
One of the many reasons why we write.”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
Sometimes you just have to throw the truth all out there and annihilate all the bullshit.
One of the many reasons why we write.”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
“We could be Immortal
If we just let go of hate
If we just let go of chaos
If we just let go of war
If we just let go of guns
We could be Immortal
If we just embraced love
Put human beings & nature first
But instead we choose
To be the worst examples
Of our primitive selves
Lacking in all of our best virtues
Lacking in any new ideas or values
Without these realizations
We go one step forward &
Always two steps back
Never succeeding
Never growing
Dead”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
If we just let go of hate
If we just let go of chaos
If we just let go of war
If we just let go of guns
We could be Immortal
If we just embraced love
Put human beings & nature first
But instead we choose
To be the worst examples
Of our primitive selves
Lacking in all of our best virtues
Lacking in any new ideas or values
Without these realizations
We go one step forward &
Always two steps back
Never succeeding
Never growing
Dead”
― R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT
