Stop Playing Pretend

concrete stop lying
about your legacy 
from man, you are
merely molten dirt
hardened till sad

electricity stop lying 
about your cousins,
the hummingbird
and eggplant are 
clearly your relatives

tables and chairs
seize the freeze 
and reveal your Coachella
escaping as squeaks

ugliness stop 
playing the scapegoat
when you are the beating
heart within all compliments

imperfections, 
stop pretending to 
be obstacles, when you
are the very proof
of all existence

mystery stop 
hiding behind 
the skirt of the world
and show off your dance
with life in your hold

dreams and visions, 
stop fading and flying away 
pretending you are
not trailers of reality 
from other dimensions

time stop your efforts 
to be predictable
when you are just space
reduced to a decimal

words stop
fooling yourself 
with certain talk
when truth through
energy louder sings

all man stop pretending
you are the apex of 
Gaia’s crown
when you are just one 
among a family of over
8 million gems.