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What Do You Believe

A Poem

By Alex RiosPublished 6 years ago 2 min read
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What’s a dream if you don’t know what it means.

What’s a goal if you don’t know where it leads.

And why believe in a higher power when we live in the middle of all these horrible things.

Tell me where you been tell me what you seen.

And tell me what you really truly believe

Do you believe in a higher power when we live with all of these fucking treacherous things.

Tell me why the government feels the need to lie.

And tell me why we try when we’re born just to die.

So tell me what you're thinking,

Tell me what you’re drinking cause I feel the need to sip just to fucking survive.

Tell me why I turn on the tv, see mass murder followed by a fucking suicide.

Man gone crazy then kills himself to escape a consequence of 20 to life.

So tell me what I got to do to see the bigger picture.

And tell me what I got to do to see a brighter future.

And tell me what I got to do to see the meaning of life 'cuz I’m trying to get it just to get right.

I listen for an answer.

And I look for a sign.

Doing what I gotta do just to get by.

Fell in love with a wise woman, who told me I was on the right path to enlighten my life.

Told me to believe the process and proceed with caution.

That once I live higher there just ain’t no stoppin'.

That life is just a game but you got to play it right,

Told me I’d become a stronger man when I saw the light.

So life has a bigger purpose just got to open your eyes and stop feeding into all the lies, all the negativity that we have in life.

And trust and believe that you’ll see the light.

I guess sometimes you just have to sit and think, and remind yourself we’re all here for a reason. We all have our purpose. But we all have to find that light. And learn and grow. We have to allow ourselves to go through this life and all its ups and downs and remember life is to short and isn’t always what it seems. Let yourself out the box and remember there’s an endless amount of galaxies out there for us to see. We live this life black and grey and most of us go through it ok with that. Only a few people get awoken to the true meaning and truth of the world we live in. And you might not see it but know there’s something greater at work here. So believe in your hopes and believe in your dreams and always strive for something better.

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About the Creator

Alex Rios

I just love writing poetry from what I know and can put myself in someone else’s shoes. Just trying to reach people and help them connect.

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