SHALLOW SOUL

SHALLOW SOUL

Ricardo Antonio Garcia

Today when I walk outside the door

I never know what the day will bring, and

what unanswered myth will evolve

for I have begun to think outside the box.

Normal upbringing

No Faith to say of in my family, and

I didn’t have many friends

and I don’t believe in the supernatural.

I am a product of youth

and the times are not like they used to be.

Just out of college

I can’t find a job because I have no experience

It feels like the weight of the world

Is on m shoulders today.

I got a so-called part time job

It just pays for my daily routine stuff

and I get along at the moment.

The guy I work for

he reminds of an old hippy but he’s smart

always talking, and always excited.

He’s a Believer

but he doesn’t shove God down my throat.

There is something going on though

That is hard to define

and I think he is a lot freer than most of us.

He has stylized his life

to bask in the Sun and have little worry.

His Wife is exactly like him

they are unusual but likable people to say.

I wish I could just enter doors like a Zen master

and feel perfect

in my placement in the Universe, but how

and where do I begin to give myself a life lift?

Attitudes I have

and I try and hold my head high, but it fails me

when I start feeling so low.

Who is God, and why do people feel so joyous

is something I just don’t understand.

I never got God from parents or friends

and just listened to the hype.

I walk around like a shallow Soul …