Mental Bedsores
by Odin Roark

Unlike the dolphin, whale and elephant,
man finds it easy to vegetate and allow cognitive power to become docile,
if not anesthetized.

What of the boy who wanders about the war zones of the world,
crossing highways of dirt and dust where remains only remnants of a once thinking populous.
Lest we forget,
a small, growing mind continually probes his mental ability,
wondering if he will live another day?

Yet…

The other side of the world, Beverly Hills mentality encourages brains to lie dormant,
to think body, flesh, death, violence,
the essence of ratings, advertisers, and mediocrity
for those who can even comprehend how brain dead they are.

All such elements of non-thought are verging on of becoming mental bedsores,
bodies and heads that prefer other’s thinking to become theirs,
while allowing all parts of their own thinking mechanisms to remain prone.

The subconscious has little power over such a travesty,
unaware the conscious part of being is struggling to prevent such weakness to control the future,
manifesting balloons of ideas and thoughts to hopefully awaken the mind.

And yet…

So many say, “What’s a little discomfort with sores of docile activity? Others will think for me.