The Crystal Ball Still Shakes

Picture the lives of human nature as only a crystal ball. Shaken and viewed by the outside world to observe judge and sabotage your unique destination just to see snowflakes of obstacles pollute your atmosphere. It is clear, that some are shaken more than others, but only you decide to take these hard times and turn them into utility for your road to being a better person, or your excuse for aberration to keep occurring. You, some should try and take tribulation as a blessing, testing and setting yourself to succeed, only by letting yourself learn from your mistakes which makes us stronger and see the value, of what is inside your crystal ball. This brings me to speak on a very admirable individual, one whose crystal has been shaken, dropped, and thrown since he could remember, but never broken or torn. View thoroughly of what I call the perfect storm. See in one’s mind and visualize the times you were smaller like most toddlers but instead of the sandbox and a warm home of 4 walls waiting for a hot dinner as you starving, how about approaching a home on four wheels parked on the curbside as you’re preparing yourself to sleep inside your mother’s car seats, and I’m far from finished. Again, the hands of oppression shake this boy’s crystal ball, and all you can see is a young child trying to fortify and fight off a man disguised in sin who is frantically attacking his mother in the eyes of her growing seeds (now what would you think). To actually see a man lose his life as you grow, right in front of your eyes. Your mind is supplied with innumerable memories engraved to the back of your mind, but yet still able to smile. Mean while as he smiles, let’s all just close our eyes and imagine the crystal shake and seek more ways to hit him. In school everyday listed in the system, separated from his bros and sis’ and he misses them. Knows he has more somewhere that he hasn’t met but he prays daily that he can get to them. Stop for one second and think what most people do in this situation. Yet his crystal ball keeps shaking. Now put yourself in a foster home, as your memories still linger. Now you’re adopted by your grandparents. Living in a house filled with enough roommates to count with all fingers. Think deeper, when you barely get to see your mother, never met your father, doing what you can for the dollar yet you’re still a kid. Being promised to at least stick with your family and one day your closest loves ones and yourself have to split, as they reach and cry for your name, yet the crystal ball still shakes. Now it’s come to the point where no one can relate so stop the thoughts and just hear me out. He has now grown some and his grandparents are like his mother and father, stable playing sports, getting stronger and g rowing taller. Then when he sees his future slowly joining back on track, a trip home one evening and his grandparent’s pass away just like that, given to the hands of god(now where does he choose to be?). What if you had to jump from home to home with people or strangers you’ve never even seen or got to meet? After you lose the people who helped keep you on your feet. Yet the crystal ball still shakes. Just realize is life after a while. All the utilities inside the glass ball are tools of yourself to build the track to which direction you decide to ride on. When the crystal ball trembles in tribulation just take it as a workout for your mind and heart to build strength within your faith to contain it from breaking because in reality, its a blessing to know that your crystal ball is able to keep shaking. Its just life, in a crystal ball.

2 comments:

  1. As I was reading your poem a little jolt of frisson went through me. Yor words are so deep and beautiful and your a distinguished poet!

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  2. I love reading your poems.!!!

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