Alone, Afraid, Confused

Alone, afraid, confused;
I'm living.
Alone, afraid, confused;
I'm dying.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Nothing more.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Everything less.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Blind and stumbling.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Mute and deaf.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Self centered.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Selfish.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Drowning in denial.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Confronting the truth.
Alone, afraid, confused;
A bundle of lies.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Childish.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Weak, pitiful.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Attention seeking.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Petty, shallow.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Hating loving.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Destruction.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Rebuilding.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Destroyed.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Constructing.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Built and destroyed in a single day.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Hypocritical fool.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Complexity squared.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Dead, living zombie.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Clawing, screaming.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Hurting others.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Inadequate words.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Knowing nothing.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Unable to ask.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Unable to find an answer.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Hiding from the truth.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Blind, deaf, and dumb by choice.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Unable to act by choice.
Alone, afraid, confused;
Unable to choose differently...

...by choice.

        -- Bem Ajani Jones-Bey  5-19-99