Circle – inspired by the left – 4/30/10

The physical declines,
but the mind is inclined
to become refined
by design.
Barring woolgathering,
Genius’ smatterings
are possible
I myself, flirt
with these spurts
Albeit curt,
I’ll take what I can get.
An internal bet
that ends
not yet.

How To Plan All The Way to The END.

IS YOUR LIFE AN INFORMERCIAL? USE YOUR OWN DVR TO PLAY OUT THE GOOD PARTS – DELETED THE SCENES AND COMMERCIALS SEENS SHOULD BE  JUST THAT.

scandal

Don't end up like this.

Your life is similar to Reality TV – unabashed and unedited, with no pause in sight.  At times, it can be entertaining.  Yet what impedes us is a complex labyrinth of decisions, filled with responsibilities we must thin slice in a blink of an eye.  The result? Some can be seen as sound decisions that keep you unscathed – …

UP – ORIGINAL POETRY WRITTEN BY RALPH FORNOLES – 8/2/09

UP

AND AWAY

RAIN RAIN
DON’T GO AWAY
IN FACT, STAY.
IT MAKES ME FEEL A CERTAIN WAY
IT BRINGS THE PAIN
THE SOUND OF THE PATTER OF THE WINDOW PANE.
IF I WERE TO SLEEP, I’D PROBABLY DRIVE ME INSANE
BUT I’M NOT PLAIN
FAR FROM IT.  I’M ON A DIFFERENT PLANE
I CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO FLY
MEET ME IN THE SKY
WE DONT’ NEED A PARACHUTE
BECAUSE WHERE WE SHOOT,
WE ONLY GO UP

SO  W H O ‘S  D O W N?…

UNTITLED – WRITTEN BY RALPH FORNOLES 7/07

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?

You can choose to be a winner, or lose.
it’s hard to win, with an evil twin-
the theater we call our everyday lives
which constitutes our reality
it’s worry vs. fantasy
which are the thoughts now playing
Lets make it a NetFlix night
the greatest fight
Who’s going to win?
Who are you going to let in?
wouldn’t you rather be?
or been? Or about to be?…

BEGIN – ORIGINAL POETRY WRITTEN BY RALPH FORNOLES 4/16/06

BEGIN

BEGAN

I NEED MORE
THAN JUST AN ENCORE
I DON’T WANT IT TO END
IN FACT, I WANT IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN
THEN,
I REALIZED
THAT IT WAS MORE FINALIZED
THIS IS MY WAY TO SHOW
THAT THE SHOW MUST GO ON
LET THE BAND PLAY ON
DON’T LET THE FAT LADY SING
LET HER KNOW THE WAY IT SHOULD BEGIN.…

WILL – ORIGINAL POETRY INSPIRED BY UNRELIABILITY – 4/9/10

WILL

WILL

I don’t ask for too much
there’s nothing to give anyway
plans always at disarray.
With respect to perpetuating
disappointment
there’s no such thing
as remedy or ointment
and lack, thereof is just as potent
All I ask is for iota
and I don’t even get that!
So I look to get my fill
What’s been absent
Sans the first time is the thrill
is there a pill?
It takes effort to cease
and decease,
my will……

MOVING FORWARD – ORIGINAL POETRY WRITTEN BY RALPH FORNOLES 3/27/10

RIGHT TO LEFT

RIGHTLEFTRIGHT

I’m writing in the mirror, backwards.
That’s the only way to move forward
I learned to unlearn
and look what type of passion burns.
Repetition is the father of learning
A master’s in Buccaneering
in earning
NO PHD
for me
at least I can write it myself
Fuc wealth!
I’m too rich in the mind
to be in a
of these material things…