A written collaboration by Rashid M Bey & Shan Bae
The mental impression of greener grass on the other side is just the perception that you may have at the time
Nothing is really made to perfection
That thought is only in your mind
But it drives us to overmine our essentials
Until overtime we undermine what we underlined as mentally instrumental
Perhaps we are greener than the grass on the other side.
Perhaps our demeanor is crass to cover pride
That comes before the fall covers what we covet
Chlorophyll filling our monstrous pupils and overly conscious budget
Maybe we may cull the colors we see yards away in our own yard today if we be silent and love it.
Through psychological repression you excessively contemplate on what would suppress your emptiness
Envious thoughts are poison to a mind that is trying to grasp onto something to feel whole again
In the midst of your depression you lessen your individuality for a happiness that is uncertain
You try on their success you admired just to see how it would fit over your depression
Staring at the grass of another sulking in sadness neglecting your own progression
Liquid crystals our hearts do prune
To bejewel the blades beneath our feet
If only we’d look the way we felt down.
We’d see.
Our grief waters our failures to free us from the naivety of barely budding blooms
Yes, some sides may be greener, but no side shows signs of an Eden like ours
Our showers may stop mayhem from flowering
If we choose not to lift the nails we hammered here
We may swim ‘cross the puddles of our pains
Pull ourselves to its pier
To peer inside those pools
Past the peers we wished to be
Only at the harbor of our soul’s sea
May we see what we harbor within
We have a fire to brighten the green in our grass
Let them synthesize the light we carry
Now, look up!
To the rays that rain upon you
To the rays that raise you
And tell me you are nigh the flower you were meant to be
By letting your petals unfold like God’s plan
The plan that was meant to be
So don’t stand on the edge of your fence to stare with envy in your eyes at the blossoming petals of another
Step down and take from your grass the opportunity to grow
You will never reap what you sow if you don’t feed your nature
Your nature’s food resides in your soul
Let the tears of your depression water the grass blades that reach up for the sun
Focus on making your grass greener by giving your energy back to your own
4 responses to “Collab | Perception of Greener Grass”
This… man I felt this. This is really good.
I love working with my friend on this. He has a HUGE vocabulary of words and I always learn from him. This will always be my favorite poetry collab.
wow.. this was beautiful.
Thank you! A dear friend of mine work really well together. I love it.
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