Miscreated motives <br />the world full of problems <br />twisted frenzy of emotions <br />which have no assonance <br />congregations coloring conformity <br />dressing up with the saints <br />Facing the intensity of confrontation <br />misrepresenting an appearance that's fake <br /> <br />Living in a rapacious world, <br />wanting to shrink away... <br />seeing reality as gullible. <br />Consequently amazed, <br />Typical of the current period, <br />hands reaching through the Golden Age, <br />selectively numb at fourty below Zero <br /> <br />and I'm holding on <br /> <br />At the bottom of the cess pool <br />choosing my own way, <br />finding a different reality to live through, <br />as everything stays the same. <br />Searching for a significant feeling <br />pondering the shame. <br />Stumbling in the right direction.... <br />to find how I've gone the wrong way. <br /> <br />Living in every other temporary delusion, <br />wanting to give it away. <br />Jumping from confusion to conclusion. <br />Consequently amazed. <br />Typically politically incorrect, <br />assigned another life today. <br />Selectively numb at Fourty below Zero <br /> <br />silently holding on<br /><br />Troy Nelson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/selectively-numb/