Poetry (?) from a farm

Words are power, words are violence, words are love

I look at the two sheep, they are a pair

They travel and explore the grounds together

They simply graze all day

I want to eat this section of grass, no not that flower

Their mouths are mini vacuums that suck up the ground

They know what they want to eat and what they don’t want

And it just keeps on going, there is so much to eat

And the pair loves each other

Even though they have no words, they can't speak

Just gentle leisure

And they know they are there for each other

Humans possess this too

You could frolic in a field with the one you love

And say nothing

And both know that things are happy and good

And then you can speak

And say how you feel! And what you think!

And words also run a risk

You can always hurt someone

Are we better synchronized when we don't speak?

Does harmony come from silence, like it does the sheep?

We have the ability to build worlds with our words

We can destroy worlds with our words

We can unleash hate

You are needy. Why don’t you ever clean

The sheep never say this to each other

Do they even want to?

How can we love without destroying

Be careful with your words

Spend some time with the one you love in silence

Like a sheep

Or a dog

Say nothing

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I came to a farm in the countryside to discover the flow state

Something I hear about constantly

I struggle to produce works of any sort

I want to write, to inspire

I have dozens of unfinished writings, ideas

And I tell myself the city distracts me - I am stupid, tired, and oddly wired

Here in the countryside there are no distractions

There are just birds and trees and little bees

But I am truly not free

The couple I am staying with has their own problems

When a relationship is failing it's like a bubble that encapsulates everyone around

Dogs, kids, friends

And then I cant find my flow state, whatever this state is

I'm too distracted by them

Another distraction

Another rooster screaming

Keeping a relationship strong is a full time job

Sometimes with no benefits

The sheep on the farm just follow you

And so does the dog

And then it feels like everyone is following you

In the city you go unnoticed because everyone has their own agenda

On the farm nobody has an agenda and stalks each other

The sheep and roosters and dogs and cats all want attention

So does the relationship

And I still haven't found what this flow state is

All is lost on the farm

I haven't escaped any distractions

Yesterday you offered me fresh rooster eggs for breakfast

They were delicious

Today you are upset from a fight

Can I still have the rooster eggs?

Or should I eat the bananas I brought

The flow state… how do I get there…

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What do you think of Joe Biden? Of Trump? Kamala Harris? Pedro Sanchez? Franquismo? Putin?

I was asked this all at once. I'm not kidding. The entire list at once.

And I completely froze

I don’t think anything about any of these people

I have no real opinions

No information

No authentic thoughts

I have my own world to figure out, not theirs

What a privilege, to chose to do nothing with them

Floating in a lazy river of ignorance

And how embarrassing to admit this to the old Spaniard

To myself

To whoever reads this

I am out of touch with the political world

With the reality of what we have

Without any opinion or voice, I am allowing others to win

I can't sway anyone in a direction that I believe in

My country has one of the biggest influences in the world

And I know nothing about it

An old spainard

Who can barely charge his phone

Is lightyears ahead of me

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There are moments where I write

And it all feels right, and I love it, and then I leave it

And time passes and it goes nowhere

Nobody knows about it

And then I go back I think how stupid this all sounds

5 months ago I was so weird

Half these sentences are incomplete

Sometimes I speak even in incomplete sentences

This stupid piece of work will just stay here in my computer

And then nothing goes out into the world

Even if it could just change one person it's worth the effort

And I'll never know

So I ask myself and you all to try

Share what you have

Don’t be afraid to express yourself