God Save The King...

"It’s who we are; Doesn’t matter if we’ve gone too far; Doesn’t matter if it’s all okay

Doesn’t matter if it’s not our day...So won’t you save us"

Calculations and deductions are the norm for humans always looking to gain the upper hand but what about the soul that's been used to the upper hand?  The soul that has grown tired of fighting for place and just wants to live?  Well he isn't so naive to believe that anyone will simply allow that to happen without challenging what they deem "a threat".  Yes, I said "a threat" (as ridiculous as it may sound)...but to whom?  Their own self-image.  Does this mean I think myself above others?  False humility will tell me to say "no" but true humility will demand I say "no, but I am beyond some and behind others".  I offer myself no praise nor accolade for simply allowing growth to take it's course but the insecure will always find cause to pull one back to their own state of growth.  You know, the stagnant kind.  When this happens, never give them power...it's just too easy to get sucked into a game designed by fools...

Now, I understand that my life has taken me in many directions.  Forcing me to become a "thing" that can fit anywhere without compromising who I am in any way yet even in this...I am judged.  No need to complain or cry "foul" because I am a man.  I am not a naive child that needs to believe that people can actually cease doing what is naturally inherit to them and it is this "judgement" that allows me to discern who is with me for "me" and who is with me for "themselves".  I purposely place three options before a mind.  The superficial, the esoteric and the ethereal.  Which one draws them lets me know what they want and allows me to exclude what is not edifying to me straight away.

If all you see is a picture, that is not me being vain yet some would think me so.  They will judge me straight away as a "show-off" and respond as one would to someone that uses their body as bait or they would take what they consider bait to try their hand at the lure.  Neither benefit me.

If all you read is a piece on a certain subject, that is not my attempt at convincing you that what I believe is a surety but most would think so.  They will judge me "mean" or judgemental in the most brutal way or they would seek to know my mind to either prove me wrong or find validation in their own minds in agreement.  Neither benefit me.

If all you read is a poem, that is not me "trying" to feign being a romantic yet some would think me so.  They will judge me straight away as a cad that lures women with useless words of enchantment or they would fall in love with a man that expressed a moment in time through creativity's entitled spirit. Again...neither of these benefit me. Although I must add that when it comes to the artistic, something powerful can actually occur when a like-hearted soul "catches" what you are writing.  It's even stronger when you actually "perceive" it & they come to mirror the same perception. Not many have experienced this but my "tuning fork" is...different. Apparently...so is theirs to almost the same degree & frequency.  Rare experiences like that go beyond a simple "benefit" & are so special they're hard to quantify in words.

Three pieces to a puzzle with every piece having several pieces of their own.  Which one draws you will always let me know how long you will stay and the reasons for it.  If all three should draw you? Well at that point you may fear that I may be false and doubt will creep in which is something I cannot control or assuage.  You may stick around or not but at least I know I have truly been "seen". To me, that is an enrichment to my soul.  Something I find is of great benefit to me.

Folks, Kings and Queens earn their titles through honor and it is this very honor that does not allow room for arrogance.  Yet you must understand that the royalty I speak of is not based on inheritance or race but it is instead based on the world we carry within.  In our innermost, are we a slave to vice? Or have we overthrown the inner vices that kept us slaves to them?  True Kings and Queens grow into royalty by identifying & understanding their "masters" which in turn allows them to officiate themselves as "Masters" above the very vices they were once enslaved by.  A feat anyone sincere can accomplish.  Now, as a king, you can reign loud or you can reign in silence but make no mistake about it...you will reign one way or the other.  I need no place in anyone's eyes so I choose to reign in silence and leave my safeguards on the screen before you as well as in the image I present you with at meeting.  Yet don't ever get it twisted...I am more than all you can read or see.  One piece does not define me and never think I can ever be judged so easily.  If you do?  You will always get me wrong...

~Moses Apollo