Showing posts with label progression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label progression. Show all posts
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Open Mic Nite Performance Of "Progression"
I went to the Heartland Cafe again in Rogers Park, Chicago and performed "Progression" on 5-21-14! I'm basically describing what it feels like to be someone who is just dying to make progress in life and doesn't want to be held back by anything or anyone!
For exact words to this poem, check out: http://dbzmaron.blogspot.com/2014/04/progression.html
Pardon my lack of memorization. Enjoy!
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Progression
This is what I think it means to make progress while being a successful young professional in their young twenties when they're learning how to thrive and tackle the world by storm. This is most definitely spoken word too. Enjoy!
Do you ever have that moment
Where you feel like you have endless amounts to say, but nowhere to expel the information?
What do you do with your internal information overloads when all you crave is an off button?
You either decide to mix everything into some magical melting pot that we humans refer to as a work of art,
Or you take everything that's been locked up inside for however long, put it in a bottle, cork it up, and hide it further away within our minds...
At some point, it feels like your brain is going to explode... and all you end up doing is talking and talking and talking and talking and it begins to speed up and now you're ranting and everyone wants you to just shut up and you can't stop talking because you have so much to say and you just wish someone would take a couple minutes and LISTEN to the words that need to be said to prevent a massive explosion from happening... Because all you've done lately is waste your time with shitty people instead of making something of yourself and finding REAL people who don't cost you money... And no, buying your friends doesn't mean joining a greek organization in college, but it means paying for people's destructive habits and enabling them to continue a lifestyle that is also detrimental to you and productive to no one...
Everyone seems to be in their own little world and selfishly care about themselves while there's a small percentage of individuals who truly want to make a difference...
Meanwhile, the media takes up much of our energy,
And it mainly provides negative or depressing stories that people don't always care to hear, such as “this person was shot in the south side of Chicago”, because we'd like to hear something POSITIVE for once...
Not necessarily someone saving a cat out of a tree,
But something along the lines of "this person raised a million dollars and donated it to support homeless people or war victims" or something like that...
Distractions consume more of our focus than we think,
And we're all either caught up in our past or are too wasted in our own heads to be able to exert energy for the greater good...
What if you want to make a difference but hit a roadblock?
Do you remain stagnant or do whatever you can to exit the loop and progress forward...
Sometimes, even when it's extremely difficult to remain positive, you just have to hold on tight with all your might and maybe even put up a fight...
Because nothing comes out of a closed mouth
And people can't read your mind either...
If you reach a point where you feel extreme discomfort then why don't you just stand up for yourself?
However, those who tell you that it "isn't that hard" are heavily mistaken...
Acting upon your thoughts within your mind is a lot easier said than done,
Especially if it requires you stepping out of your comfort zone and divulging information that's difficult to surrender to the public eye...
But you want to avoid being stagnant...
You want to create change in the world...
You want to make something of yourself...
You want to make a difference...
You crave progression and have the strongest desires to avoid the twisted loop that's quite difficult to rip yourself free from its tightly painful grip...
It's time to leave your past and troubles outside when you step into the ring...
That's what you're fighting for... justice and all the success that you crave!
Of course, you need to have a partner in crime by your side in order to accomplish your fullest potential...
Someone who brings out the best in you...
The one person who is the Batman to your Robin and even has the desire to share milkshakes with you!
You may think that you can proceed in life alone, but no, you really can't...
So quit being so darn stubborn!
You NEED someone... you NEED love... you NEED a friend... even if it's just ONE person, you still NEED someone!
Without a special someone who magically falls from the sky to provide guidance, or even just a best friend, you’ll end up craving that proper contact that you ACTUALLY NEED!
It stinks when you feel like you have to be your own best friend just to protect yourself from a spiraling downfall,
And even have to migrate to the place of absolute last resort to avoid falling into a giant trap of being used and abused...
But no matter what the situation is,
No matter how absolutely crappy it is,
And regardless of how many things you're unhappy with at the current point in time,
You HAVE to keep going,
Because there ALWAYS is at least SOMETHING positive that's happening in the meantime!
And the main thing that's definitely certain is that goodbye isn't the answer,
Quitting definitely isn't the answer,
And vanishing is an even worse idea...
You need to create your own journey of success!
With dreams spanning even farther than the clouds
That may even be too big for the average person to swallow,
Just follow them... just go... right now…!
Don't let ANYTHING or ANYONE stop you from achieving the ultimate destiny that you crave!
Life is yours!
Go run proudly and dive head first into it!
You definitely deserve it!
Do you ever have that moment
Where you feel like you have endless amounts to say, but nowhere to expel the information?
What do you do with your internal information overloads when all you crave is an off button?
You either decide to mix everything into some magical melting pot that we humans refer to as a work of art,
Or you take everything that's been locked up inside for however long, put it in a bottle, cork it up, and hide it further away within our minds...
At some point, it feels like your brain is going to explode... and all you end up doing is talking and talking and talking and talking and it begins to speed up and now you're ranting and everyone wants you to just shut up and you can't stop talking because you have so much to say and you just wish someone would take a couple minutes and LISTEN to the words that need to be said to prevent a massive explosion from happening... Because all you've done lately is waste your time with shitty people instead of making something of yourself and finding REAL people who don't cost you money... And no, buying your friends doesn't mean joining a greek organization in college, but it means paying for people's destructive habits and enabling them to continue a lifestyle that is also detrimental to you and productive to no one...
Everyone seems to be in their own little world and selfishly care about themselves while there's a small percentage of individuals who truly want to make a difference...
Meanwhile, the media takes up much of our energy,
And it mainly provides negative or depressing stories that people don't always care to hear, such as “this person was shot in the south side of Chicago”, because we'd like to hear something POSITIVE for once...
Not necessarily someone saving a cat out of a tree,
But something along the lines of "this person raised a million dollars and donated it to support homeless people or war victims" or something like that...
Distractions consume more of our focus than we think,
And we're all either caught up in our past or are too wasted in our own heads to be able to exert energy for the greater good...
What if you want to make a difference but hit a roadblock?
Do you remain stagnant or do whatever you can to exit the loop and progress forward...
Sometimes, even when it's extremely difficult to remain positive, you just have to hold on tight with all your might and maybe even put up a fight...
Because nothing comes out of a closed mouth
And people can't read your mind either...
If you reach a point where you feel extreme discomfort then why don't you just stand up for yourself?
However, those who tell you that it "isn't that hard" are heavily mistaken...
Acting upon your thoughts within your mind is a lot easier said than done,
Especially if it requires you stepping out of your comfort zone and divulging information that's difficult to surrender to the public eye...
But you want to avoid being stagnant...
You want to create change in the world...
You want to make something of yourself...
You want to make a difference...
You crave progression and have the strongest desires to avoid the twisted loop that's quite difficult to rip yourself free from its tightly painful grip...
It's time to leave your past and troubles outside when you step into the ring...
That's what you're fighting for... justice and all the success that you crave!
Of course, you need to have a partner in crime by your side in order to accomplish your fullest potential...
Someone who brings out the best in you...
The one person who is the Batman to your Robin and even has the desire to share milkshakes with you!
You may think that you can proceed in life alone, but no, you really can't...
So quit being so darn stubborn!
You NEED someone... you NEED love... you NEED a friend... even if it's just ONE person, you still NEED someone!
Without a special someone who magically falls from the sky to provide guidance, or even just a best friend, you’ll end up craving that proper contact that you ACTUALLY NEED!
It stinks when you feel like you have to be your own best friend just to protect yourself from a spiraling downfall,
And even have to migrate to the place of absolute last resort to avoid falling into a giant trap of being used and abused...
But no matter what the situation is,
No matter how absolutely crappy it is,
And regardless of how many things you're unhappy with at the current point in time,
You HAVE to keep going,
Because there ALWAYS is at least SOMETHING positive that's happening in the meantime!
And the main thing that's definitely certain is that goodbye isn't the answer,
Quitting definitely isn't the answer,
And vanishing is an even worse idea...
You need to create your own journey of success!
With dreams spanning even farther than the clouds
That may even be too big for the average person to swallow,
Just follow them... just go... right now…!
Don't let ANYTHING or ANYONE stop you from achieving the ultimate destiny that you crave!
Life is yours!
Go run proudly and dive head first into it!
You definitely deserve it!
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