The Vastness

The Vastness

by dan ankers

On top of this world there

Is a vastness

It can be seen through

Currents in time

And space; has no meaning

Has no master

‘Least none that I can

Discern from this place

From this vantage

I can manage

Only glimpses

Into the workings

Of history’s Designs

But Lo and Behold

There is a vastness

Who sees the map

Where I may only see

signs

Like a trip to the bathroom of the soul

Like a trip to the bathroom of the soul

by dan ankers

Dismissed Kisses

Wiped off like Mother's Pecks

The Queue

I like my evenings

Mine and ours

But not between "you and I"

and why?

Why not/Why?

is a question for the non believing

I'm happiest when

it is

my soul is not for rent

and my eyes do not deceive me

wrung free from my docility

relieving .

Just a Random String of Thought

Just a Random String of Thought

By dan ankers

Relatively speaking, I’m addict and I’m tweaking

When I compare my thoughts to the blaring world outside

Because my thoughts are repetitious, and my choices rather vicious

How I see me and the throngs of folks abide

And if I don’t take things lightly

You see I write by strange light, nightly

And my wife a little woman like a dream

By my side when I am waking

Always urging, never speaking

Though I hear her as her wants become my own

And I’m not only me, you see

I’m a hundred voices deep inside

From the earth, all the way down

Into the bowels of hell

And it’s wants and always needs

Endless hurts

Assaults of greed

How this works I guess I’ll never get to know

The only thing that ever seems

To be consistently certain for me

Is that when I know

That knowing voice will always

In the end

Be left undone

Heroes

Heroes

By dan ankers

Everybody’s searching for their perfect hero

But ain’t nobody lookin at no weirdo

But a hero is a weirdo, and not a zero

And if you need a hero

Then just look in the mirror

Cause you are one

(You are one)

Now everybody wanna watch the weirdo

As they walk

Cause they don’t read no scripts

Nor follow where the world looks, as it spins

(As it spins)

And there is always some uncertain math

To drawing back the curtain as

The sheer wild woman of the earth

Reveals her curves

(Her precious curves)

Fellow Zeros, Blessed Heroes and Dear Weirdos

We are one

And we unite

To praise the moon

And catch the sun,

(Catch the sun)

So

Shine your light and do it proudly

And speak exulting words, abounding

Make it clear now, that the hero Shan't be wasted

Why sit and wait for deeds tomorrow

or

Call on some hero’s arms to borrow

When you could open up and be the one who faced it

(Just face it)

Before I looked, but I never listened

Now I’ve awoken

And I simply glisten

With drops of sweat

Brought on by a great power

That I’ve tasted

(I can taste it now)

We are the earth

We are the life

And we are one

We must unite

And we must try with all our might

Or we are doomed

So, when I say, please be a hero

I really mean just be a person

But a person who does better than they ought

Cause when the zeros and the heroes and the weirdos all unite to fix this earth

And come together

All for one purpose

Things will be great

And it shall be a world of heroes

Everyone will we wear a cape

And why the hell not

We will all be sharing the same fate

And it shall be a world of heroes

Everyone will we wear a cape

And why the hell not

We will all be sharing the same fate

With Vengeance and Dungeons and Plungers

With Vengeance and Dungeons and Plungers

By dan ankers

The many thoughts I have and then erode

To further twinklings, near the end of night

When sun comes up and all the world’s transposed

A knowing wall of darkness

Gets distorted into light

My thoughts are mine, I surround myself with reason

And yet by day the waking world is naught

A place for those who value introspection

No, the world is a place for those already bought

I provide myself an armor formed from deeds

And I know that the caliber of thoughts which swim within my head

Are much better than the toys the sun provides

Though I alone do seem to heed this creed

Verily, I say “from whence do you seed?”

We accept all types, so carry on

I was only asking because it seemed inviting

The thing with civilization

is that it’s hard

We are all but brutes of women and men of the most vile sort and type

Deep down inside we carry visions and memories of everything we’ve done to evolve along the way, slaying each other with axes and mallets

And now with words and curses we display

The same exact type of behavior

That the caveman did inside, underneath the canopy

Of some extinct animal’s hide.

The point to all of this

Is the simple fact that

We are human

We attack

And so very clever can we be

And so diabolically tricky!

But we as apes may fool ourselves

And chase a nonsensical notion

With enough wealth, to the ends of the earth

As it seems, we’ve even created a nation

Beautiful You

Beautiful You

By dan ankers

In all the world there is said to be only one

You

AND I AM HAPPY YOU’RE ALIVE!

You are Pretty

Smart

And

Wonderful

You are a

Funny Person

Too

If I ever saw you in a dream

Or

One day in heaven we

You would be the exact same way there

As time upon the earth you spent

I love the only one, you

And you are simply magical!

Your mind is like a crystal ball

Your heart is like a magic hat

There is simply nothing that you’re little girl’s mind cannot focus to

And in my deepest self I pray that

You will keep this  way

Through all you do

Fuck you, Entropy

Fuck you, Entropy

By dan ankers

I walk around here with my head held high

In defiance of death itself

The waiter brings my food out promptly, teeming with effervescent pride

Because, Fuck you, Entropy

That’s why

The Earth seems to get choked up, from time to time

And the seasons are proof of the emotions of God

While all supplication is done to no one in particular

Though merely by asking, we show belief in something greater than ourselves

And yet the Earth seems to mock us

and

The Cosmos are withdrawn

And tears in the sky

Wash away our sidewalk chalk-drawing lives

Because time paints on a much greater canvas than

You or I do

But Fuck you, Entropy

Just because

You cannot have my moments, bathing

In the Sun

And I will not bow down

No matter how Peaceful

Nor Graceful

Death sells itself as a package deal

Along with living life and getting-by

Cruel brother entropy

You cannot purloin these moments

Though I suppose

Once you have stolen every last one of them

How will I ever know you have

Them at all?

I guess I shall have to see, but in the meantime

I will not decay

No, Fuck you, Entropy

This life is here to stay

Like a monkey in traffic

Like a monkey in traffic

By dan ankers

Houston, I have definitely fucked up

And I am facing, serpentine drama

Stalking wolves are lurking, leering, waiting, lapping up my scent

Baring their teeth and tongues

They’re hungry like piranha

Now, I must tango, but I am terrified of dancing

My hesitation, portends my grisly doom

I see there eyes there, resembling the stars and moons high overhead

But on the earth is where they’ll nibble on my bones

If I could try my life again

I would change only a thing or two

Because what made me, were the planned events gone wrong

And thus it matters more, in this one uncommon instance of regrets

That I would edit out

This path

Then, move along

Never once did I believe that I would make it past sixteen

And then at sixteen

I mocked, “Ha!, 35!?”

But now I am at an age where I’m a player on that stage

Though I don’t much consider this living, what’s been supplied

:)