There really is different way but it just took so long for me to see
that I could take it
I
actually can get through a day without massive doses of
factory-extruded sugar, fat and salt
Loud
noises need not be a major part of every single goddamn thing I ever
do
All
those daily tasks I must perform plainly should not require
gigajoules of energy
Need
not take advantage of far off poverty for some new plastic baubles
Can
listen to the flow of natural sound instead of modern carbon-based
cacophony
Don’t
have a need to go to extremes in coming-of-age displacement
recreation
It’s
really not necessary that I pack on a few more extra pounds, year
after stressed-out year
I
can walk as they drive by, pedal in their exhaust stream and meditate
in their stalled traffic
Take
my cotton bags to be used again and again, much to their sardonic
laughter and scorn
Humbly
find my clothes among their once-expensive castoffs at the crowded
thrift stores
Refurbish,
re-use and re-purpose without over-paying those ignorant, so-called,
craftsmen
No
law states I must spend a fortune to try and cosmetically hide my
perpetual aging
There
is no reason that I should not save a goodly portion of everything
that I earn
Now
I really believe that these long daily commutes are simply fool’s
errands
Needn’t
keep on acting out like I’m as rich and attractive as their media
models
I
just won’t consume this so-called meat they build with all the care
of factory production
I
found that there’s a different tour available of this vast and
mysterious cosmos
We
can cook and bake for ourselves with natural and maybe even organic
ingredients
Won’t
confuse comfort and efficiency with a lack of their boorishly faux
luxury
There
is another horse I can ride when I need to head off into the sunset
Staying
off to the side, still swept along by their currents, but not
completely hypnotized
No
fad diets or best-seller of the month can raise my consciousness
anymore
Let
us instead whisper of those quiet, gentle voices which soothe our
mortal wounds
No
sense to leave behind a pile of shiny, unused and worthless, yet
still unpaid-for toys
No
point in over-compensating for my mass-produced and artificial
shortcomings
Just
seeking things that we’re all really looking for, in doses that I
can handle
Simply
staying in the shade when it’s hot, seeking out the sun when I’m
cold
Worshiping
over-inflated media sports heroes will not provide me with a guiding
light
This
specter of blinding patriotism they so frenetically raise will not
sustain me
Their
deadly bickering over worn out and irrelevant religions cannot soothe
my soul
Happily
I begin to see there is nothing in eternity from which we can be
saved
There
is another way and if you’re quiet they’ll ignore you as they
speed on by
You
can reduce your earthly footprint and they won’t even notice it at
all
Striving
peacefully for a sustainable lifestyle will not raise their ire
I
can smile inside and be elsewhere, not amidst this foolish noise and
choking dust
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