Category: The Muse Series

Tired I am   ~
trying to be all I can be
Struggle and fight the odds
I’ll show them   ~   yeah right
Sometimes, I wonder
if it’s worth it all
Beyond my delusions
who really cares what I do
All seem busy   ~
living out their lives each day
Never noticing my efforts
my cause   ~   my vision
~ ~
Damn it all   ~
I say to my pathetic self
~    Think about it
for who   ~   anyhow, actually listens
to my bitching ways
it’s up to me to live proactively
and then bring change
I must cherish the moment   ~   live fully
Appreciate life’s struggle
therein   ~   lies the key
Not the end that really matters
but it’s all in the journey   ~

“When it comes to that journey called life,
fully enjoy the dance
before the music comes to an end.”

peace out

Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

alive & kickin’
hell yeah,
~    I say
life is   ~   worth livin’
especially,
a life filled with purpose
gotta live   ~   while alive
come on   ~
why just wait
for the end
for some attainment
of some prize
in the hereafter
~    however,
you gotta believe
its way better
to know   ~   experience
life’s whole journey
get the full scope
of its meaning
regardless   ~
what it presents
its lessons,
the hurts and pains
~    therefore,
deciding for oneself
amidst the struggle
the turmoil of it all
to not waste
one speck of living
finding the value for it
~    therein,
making the choice of   ~
sucking life   ~   all in
by relating to it
by being a part of it
trying to connect
every   ~   every last dot
‘cause,
life   ~   the living
acts as if it wants
to be alive
so then   ~   life
as far as,
I can see   ~   envision
always   ~   always
keeps on kickin’   ~

“Alive & kickin’, a life worth livin’, is a life filled with purpose.”

peace out

~Keith Alan Hamilton~

~    keep on trying
go on and on
never give up
says   ~
the voice within

~    get back up
dust yourself off
try again and again
says   ~
the voice within

~    have willpower
learn discipline
build stamina
says   ~
the voice within

~    no obsessing
stop bitching
knock it off, now
says   ~
the voice within

~    live life as alive
why live as if dead
fully breathe life in
says   ~
the voice within

“When I’m feeling really down
the voice within me will say,
‘just breathe’ and then I do.”

peace out

Words by   ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

at times   ~   I fully feel
the loneliness
a sort of abandonment
deep within my being
penetrating the depths
of my mortality   ~
I stand as naked
pale as a corpse
mentally subdued
as if to be
dead to all else
where no one
knows of   ~
this plight
my downtrodden ways
of suffocating despair
neither at all
am I to find   ~
a single bit of concern
within the reach
of what comprises
the bleak silhouette
shadowing   ~
my somber disposition
~ ~
as I wrestle   ~
struggle within the realm
known to me as darkness
I find   ~
my right
to acceptance
for being the way I am
without the stigma of guilt
upon my back    ~
nor the need for pity
shown from those
who have no capacity
for real understanding
beyond   ~
the quick fix remedy
and the proverbial scold
‘get over it’
echoing
its empty council
proclaiming a time limit
as to the affairs
plaguing my morose
condition
whatever   ~
I’ve dwelt in the pit before
alone   ~
and
I know my way about
its catacombs
filled with an anguish
designed to be debilitating
so to prevent my escape
of which I’ve done
many   ~   many times
to the chagrin of my keeper
and because of such
I have no doubt   ~
once again
I’ll rise up
from this grave
smothering me slowly
with this   ~
heavy melancholy
yes   ~   I will
with all I can muster
I’ll fight my way back
into the comfort of day
letting it saturate
my mind
with those light rays
of hope
lifting my weaken spirit
giving it a renewed vision
to walk once more
as I recall   ~   remember
upon the land   ~   as the living

“For me anyhow, mental lows are the aftereffect upon my entire body drained from a high-functioning mind begging for some rest; it ain’t no illness, but a natural, cyclical response to the ongoing process of mind within my body; I’ve accepted this and feel no guilt for me being me.”

peace out

~Keith Alan Hamilton~

as I walk upon this earth
being just a part of all else
I hold my hands to the sky
as an individual   ~
wanting my moment
under the sun   ~   as if
it had some relevance
some purpose
filled with significance
for all those who notice
‘cause I lived   ~
‘cause I cared   ~
to even matter
not only to myself
but to others
and it is because of that
my being   ~
was worth every moment
I drew a breath
upon this earth
and my struggle to live on
to be   ~
really   ~   really
does have importance
to the very end
regardless   ~   the eventuality
for I gave it my all   ~   to live
~ ~
live on  ~
I say loud and clear
it will be worth the effort
stand tall   ~
I’ll lift my hands to the sky
take each breath
one at a time
smile every time
each new day does arrive
my struggle   ~
its reality   ~
will always be my victory

peace out

Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~