SOMEWHERE LIES THE FEAR

Long time ago 

mankind built cities

to protect 

us 

from beasts

and bad weather.

We were once frail

and afraid

out in the wilderness,

but we grew strong

and powerful 

behind walls.

Soon, nonetheless,

cities ended up protecting us 

from other humans.

Nowadays,

many cities have become

very dangerous places to be.

Once afraid

in the wilderness,

seems we have brought

the fear with 

us, 

inside the same walls 

meant to protect 

us,

while some say the solution

is building

more walls.

ROBINSON QUESTIONS

Can anyone tell you
what to do?
Can anyone challenge
what you decide?
Can anyone
say no?
Can anyone
agree?
Can anyone hug you
when you really
need?
Are you alone?
Are you
free?

UTOPIA

Corporations have finally
conquered the
world.
Since this was their
maximum
goal,
there should not be
anything else
they
should achieve
to claim victory.

But if you look
around
and see how
most people
around the world
live,
you cannot avoid
a subtle question
about the
suitability
of corporations to
rule it.

This utopia
has a weird
taste.

EMERGING FROM THE DUALITY

I am someone
and nobody,
a familiar face
and a complete unknown,
important
and terribly irrelevant,
a smart guy
and an idiot,
a hard working man
and a lazy bastard,
a hopeful
pessimist,
feeling pretty much alive
knowing death
is a matter
of time.

I'm Not the sum
of it,
rather the probability
density
given a moment
and a
circumstance.

So are you
and everyone
else.

A LITTLE RHYME FOR MYSELF

I've been obsessed
With things before
But these obsessions
Are mine not more.

There is no truth
That can't be reasoned
Dogmatic faith
Is not but treason.

The laws of nature
We all abide
Can the laws of men
We all decide?

Hearts full of vanity
I shall despise
Aiming to grow
Of age well wise.

'Cos fame and glory
Shall not dictate
A happy soul's
Fortune and fate.

REVOLUTION

Many times
I wondered why
all revolutions,
once glorious,
came to a bitter
end
in defeat.

Revolution is a word
that comes from
old French,
used to describe
the movement
of celestial
bodies
in the skies
rolling around
something
until their end.

People move
and revolve
for as long as their
most
critical issues
are unsettled
and their most
urgent claims
are unattended.

But as soon as
some of their claims
and issues
get resolved,
they start
slowing down
until full
stop,
or even
reverse.

It is not human
nature what
causes this,
is that people
starting revolutions
are always thinking
about their
own
claims
and issues
instead of
mankind´s,
so then is easier
to overlook
the bigger
picture
and stop.

I might not be any
different,
but am just sharing
what I
thought...

A PLACE TO LIVE

No bars on the
windows,
no locks on
doors,
no fences
around.

No laws to prevent
the new and
bright
to flourish.
Without suspicions
of the
newcomers,
of those with
different looks,
or simply
different.

In other words,
a place without
fear.

NOTHING TO WORSHIP

I despise money
for it is a tool of inequity
although I admit
I need it to survive in an unfair
world.
I reject religion for it
clouds the truth
although I accept
it gives relief
to many.
I doubt the power
of reason
as it is doubt the most
powerful
tool of reason
itself.

So here I am,
stranded lost into a
nothingness
that empties my days
with nothing left
to worship
but love
though not brave enough
to love as much
as I should do.
Not even myself.

And there's no one
here
to help.

VICIOUS CIRCLE

Irrationality leads to greed,
and greed,
gives birth to inequity.
With inequity comes
the fear
of being left behind,
or out,
which takes us back to
more irrationality
to close this
nasty circle,
this enslaving chain.

We need to find the
weakest link
and break it,
or we'll be
condemned to relive,
over and over,
the same old
crap.

LIKE THE WIND TO THE DRY LEAVES

Something hides behind
the mask of
progress
that makes me
wonder
why are we always
messing up
everything.

We are now more
connected
than ever,
but have never
been more
narcissistic
and selfish
before.

We could be within
two days
anywhere in the
planet,
but have never been
more afraid to
leave our
living rooms.

Why?

It feels like
we are not really
in control.