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Impulse


 

The want that we do not need

Do not need

Could maybe need

Do need

That my friend is impulse

That strong desire for something

That 99.9% of the time will create complications

 

That single moment in bed you want to take further

 But can’t because you don’t know what lies at the end of the road

That moment when you touch hands for the first time

And never want to let go

But you know, the longer you hold on the harder it is to let go

But Yolo, Fuck Yolo for I know

That Yolo is merely an excuse to make stupid decisions

To act without thinking

Then get lost thinking about how you acted without thinking

But thinking and never acting

Just leaves you in a house without a home

A life without living

 

Impulse meets instinct

Instinct meets brain

Brain meets self

Self meets fear

Self meet fears

Fear meet Impulse

For we act based on ones desire to react

Then react without reaction

For fear stills the bones

Leaves you frozen in place like a drone

Thoughts rushing, face flushing

Body not moving, body shaking, body confused

So we agree on what we never truly believe is true

In order to give reason to hold back impulse

 

 

 

 

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Jayfox7

I am a slam poet fanatic, and a lot of my work deals with things we appreciate in our youth, issues we deal with, and just to celebrate parts of life. All of my poems though end off with some kind of moral to come away with

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