THE SOUL PARADE
Y’know.
This poem, ain’t about you.
And this poem ain’t about a raging heart
Or a saving grace.
This poem has nothing to do with the blues,
Robert Johnson, the devil or even
All the saints.
And this poem has nothing to do with the paranormal,
Demons or the neon electric lights of
Near death, deadly dead cosmic experiences,
Jesus Christ or his brother
Fred, candy, the shadow government,
The FBI, CIA
Or “You”
No.
This poem is a song
This poem is not a song
This poem
Is a riddle
This Poem is a revelation
For the false.
That has nothing to do with you,
Or your limited level of reality, non reality,
War, baseball or boxing, peace summits
Criticism Or the never ending war of
Good … Versus Evil.
That you are truly, afraid to fight.
No. Nope.
This poem ain’t about you,
not about you at all.
Because this here poem
Is all about “Soul”
An extinct & isolated species that’s
Connected, Interconnected & Intertwined
And Living Complete & Inside and Amongst the Cosmology
Of a Hundred Thousand Billion Stars.
And something that “You” Will Never Get,
Or ever understand.
Because this poem
Is not all about “You”
This poem
Is about “Soul”
That thing that you can never have
Or get which just like imagination
Escapes you just like honesty
Fame or the verses
That fall onto the page, like love.
Because you see it’s
That song inside your deepest depths
The heart that keeps you going, fighting
And truly “Alive”
Each & everyday
And that something
Which you must earn.
So this poem
Sure as hell
Ain’t about “You”
This poem
Is all about the parade of souls
That just keeps on passing you by
Without notice.
All the souls
Smart enough,
Not to follow
“You”
____________________
R.M. Engelhardt
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R.M. Engelhardt is a poet, writer and author who over the last two decades has published over 16 books of poetry including "Nod" "Logos" "Alchemy" & "The Last Cigarette: The Collected Poems of R.M. Engelhardt. The founder of the Upstate NY organization Albany Poets & the Annual Poetry Celebration The Albany Word Fest he has through his ideas & visions helped to contribute a large amount of advocacy and creativity to the Spoken Word~Poetry Capital District scene and is the former host of the long running readings Vox, Propaganda, Listen & currently is creating a new resurrection of one of the area's most well known open mics for poetry and spoken word THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT in Troy, NY held on the last Wednesday evening of each month at the incredible nightclub/speak easy bar THE BERLIN IN TROY NY. His writing has also been published by many journals such as The Rye Whiskey Review, Red Fez, Rusty Truck, Sure! The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, Thunder Sandwich, The Hobo Camp Review, Full of Crow, on the Outlaw Poetry Network & in many many others.
Look for his books "WHERE THE PEOPLE'S VISION PERISHES 2020" "DARK LANDS (2019 on LuLu, Amazon & At Barnes and Noble) The Resurrection Waltz, 2012 ( Infinity Press) & "COFFEE ASS BLUES & OTHER POEMS" ( 2018 Alien Buddha Press 2018) " DarkLands" 2019 & "Where There Is No Vision" 2020 and his new books, "WE RISE LIKE SMOKE" (2021) & Of Spirit, Ash & Bone (2022) all available on Amazon.com
He is also the Editor of the small independent poetry press DeadMansPressInk.
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