Some people.
Some people, will lie
Some people, will cheat.
Play dead
Play the martyr
Destroy all others
Regardless…of the outcome.
Never taking the blame
Never taking the fall,
And never feeling the pain
Of all others.
And someone once told me;
“That honest people don’t exist anymore in the 21st century”
And someone once told me;
“That love…is dead”
And perhaps, they were right.
But I am not a romantic
I am a romantic
I am the last rational man
With a soul.
I am the last human being left who still believes
In “The Way”
I have done the unavoidable.
I have done the unreliable.
And I have been the unwanted… as well.
“The Dead”
“The Living”
“The Risen”
So call me… what you will.
Do your best, or do… your worst.
But either way, know this;
That you can never win
A battle against a man
Who’s already gone head to head
With the universe
And “Lost”
__________________
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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