Michaelmatalon's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by Michaelmatalon  —  There are currently 33 poems total — keep up the great work!

Haiku Theory: POLITICS

Haiku Theory: Politics

Hysteria sells
So it’s repackaged often
Gaslighting voters

They use a weakness
To force voters to relent
Then embrace false truths

We delude ourselves
Each with their version of truth
Naive Realism

We...

by Michael Matalon

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Haiku Theory: CONTEMPLATION

Haiku Theory: CONTEMPLATION

We gaze and we drift
as we contemplate our lives
Unique in our minds

Alone in the dark
Writing poems about life
Watching it pass by

The journey we take
Is a journey we endure
In hope of freedom

As the...

by Michael Matalon

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Haiku Theory: COMPLEXITY

Haiku Theory: COMPLEXITY

A small seed contains
the wisdom to germinate
But without a brain

We are all complex
Billions of cells orchestrate
A sentient one

As entropy grows
Thermal equilibrium
Forms complexity

As humans evolve
...

by Michael Matalon

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Haiku Theory: LIFE

Haiku Theory: LIFE

Sifting through the mess
I find what I’m looking for
In my memory

When life seems unfair
The universe knows what’s best
So go with the flow

Building on the past
We stand in the present form
Older and wiser

...

by Michael Matalon

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Complexity

We start with a singularity, an energetic ignition
That brought forth particles with wild ambition

Boltzmann shows a tendency towards decay
As Newton’s second law will eloquently portray

Energy should dissipate and cool itself down
Instead...

by Michael Matalon

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Wall Street Blues

All the bag holders
Who get stuck at the top
Are waiting in vain
For their stock to pop

In theory
Everyone wants the gain
But in reality
Tax is an emotional pain

We are taught
to buy and hold
Steady and slow
Yet we never do
what...

by Michael Matalon

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The Gossip Game

Indistinctly, chattering in the corner
In the dark space where rumors thrive
A social construct of community
A place where truth can not survive

We speak of friends, we talk of fools
We converse on people as it applies
The details are...

by Michael Matalon

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Time.

We move through time
in perfect sync
At the speed of light
in a timeless link

We flow with time
while we move in space
and never give up
that lightspeed pace

When standing still
We find we move
There is an answer
For us to prove

...

by Michael Matalon

 39 Views
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Thought Energy

On this lifelong journey
We’ve learned what's true
That meaning exists and
Our thoughts have value

The food that we crave
We eat to consume
To give us energy
For thoughts to bloom

The thinking we do
Enables the source
Where our mind...

by Michael Matalon

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added 2 years ago
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Snake

And their eyes were opened
And they were ashamed
And that’s how we got here
Untamed and blamed

What choice did we have
The snake was too clever
How could we have known
The punishment is forever

We were naked like animals
Roaming free...

by Michael Matalon

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Poetry

A thought comes to mind
That’s hard to convey
I articulate the words
In a poetic array

I don’t want to sound
Incoherent or boring
I want it profound
Clever and enduring

I play with the words
Arranged into rhymes
Language comes alive
...

by Michael Matalon

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Purpose & Gratitude

Every year we reflect
Our life spent pursuing
We learn to correct
A dream worth enduring

We live our lives in haste
Constantly on the move
Unguided and misplaced
Always looking to prove

So when the holidays come
We take a break from...

by Michael Matalon

 32 Views
added 2 years ago
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Covideo Games

It started with an outbreak
A few people here and there
It soon grew to thousands
A sickness out of thin air

We all felt the panic
We all watched the news
We all looked for answers
We all searched for clues

Don’t touch metal
Don’t...

by Michael Matalon

 26 Views
added 2 years ago
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Logic Unites

Of those that believe in God,
with faith in heaven and hell,
this world was created for us,
as a home for us to dwell.

We believe by seeing,
by hearing and touching.
Stimulated by our senses,
by smelling and...

by Michael Matalon

 29 Views
added 2 years ago
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Proof

What intelligence
exists in our genes
that give them orders
to build these machines?

Just think about thinking
and imagine your mind.
Be honest with your thoughts,
there's a proof you will...

by Michael Matalon

 27 Views
added 2 years ago
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Eternal Ruling

We fought the dictatorship
Challenged the accepted norm
We battled against the monarchy
and democracy was born

The dictators of old
Who held all the cards
Now sit in ruins
Their power in...

by Michael Matalon

 222 Views
added 2 years ago
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Practice Curiousity

The question, is always a mystery,
An unknown we want known.
Looking for answers inquisitively,
Is the prime example to clone.

Who? Where? Really? How?
Open your mind to possibilities.

When? Why? Really? Now?
Inquiring unlocks the...

by Michael Matalon

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Rules

There are rules we know
and rules that hide
All we know is
we must abide

It starts off simple
tender with care
Don’t touch that!
and don’t go there!

We get to school
we yearn to learn
Soon we realize
it’s not our...

by Michael Matalon

 233 Views
added 2 years ago
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Logic Unites

Of those that believe in God,
with faith in heaven and hell,
this world was created for us,
as a home for us to dwell.

We believe by seeing,
by hearing and touching.
Stimulated by our senses,
by smelling and...

by Michael R. Matalon

 11 Views
added 2 years ago
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Proof

What intelligence
exists in our genes
that give them orders
to build these machines?

Just think about thinking
and imagine your mind.
Be honest with your thoughts,
there's a proof you will...

by Michael R. Matalon

 227 Views
added 2 years ago
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Life Conserved

My movement in this place
is met by particle resistance.

My presence in this space
conveys a symmetrical existence.

Composed of more of nothing
than the mass that is weighed.

The energy is a thing
of that which I am...

by Michael Matalon

 27 Views
added 2 years ago
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The Monster Retsnom

The Dragon sleeps with gold
surrounding his walls and more.
Alone with treasures far greater
than any man has seen...

by Michael Matalon

 236 Views
added 2 years ago
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Rose

have wilted in the garden
  resting peacefully but all too sudden
we'll miss you

 your crimson petals were bold
  and there was never a thorn on your stem
a genuine...

by Michael Matalon

 39 Views
added 2 years ago
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Wake Up!

Early one morning when the sun was out
  I was laying in my bed
  Troubled about the things I had missed
  while sleeping...

by Michael Matalon

 37 Views
added 2 years ago
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Reality

wisdom we wrestle with right & wrong
  the nature of a blessing in disguise

in our garden is where we belong
  but cannot return until we realize

the light that we seek comes not from the sun
  divine illumination is the...

by Michael Matalon

 244 Views
added 2 years ago
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One

Distractions
  constant and futile
  are forever brutal
  in the search for truth

  and

Transactions
  in greed and power
  leave us weak and sour
  in the quest for peace

  ...

by Michael Matalon

 222 Views
added 2 years ago
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Nature's Answer

What intelligence exists in our genes
that give them orders to build these machines?

What recipe is found within a seed
that brings forth such variety and breed?

What logic dwells within the flowing air
that makes it disperse and spread...

by Michael Matalon

 660 Views
added 2 years ago
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The Great Divide

All things can not
always be so great

as that is not
the natural state.

An opposite
will always instigate
 
forming a fear
to keep you straight.

On a razor's edge
you can not sit and...

by Michael Matalon

 52 Views
added 2 years ago
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The Gift

Entangled in this quantum shell
A mind with a story to...

by Michael Matalon

 262 Views
added 2 years ago
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Love Adventure

The adventure began
on a warm summer night
When I opened the door
and in shined your light

I felt swept by a wind
lifting me off my feet
A divine magnetic force
caused our lips to...

by Michael Matalon

 34 Views
added 2 years ago
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United

We are all intertwined
As a whole
A group of Oneness gathered
In our soul
Golden apples are we
In a silver bowl
An example of divinty
Is our...

by Michael Matalon

 28 Views
added 2 years ago
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Politics

We listen to the politicians
Who seem more like magicians
That pull answers out from a hat

They stir up our inner feelings
With claims of future dealings
Of this, that is better than that

Yet we fall within their trap
By means of thier...

by Michael Matalon

 290 Views
added 2 years ago
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TIME

We move through time
in perfect sync
At the speed of light
in a timeless link

We flow with time
while we move in space
and never give up
that lightspeed pace

When standing still
We find we move
There is an answer
For us to...

by Michael Matalon

 263 Views
added 2 years ago
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