Monday, November 13, 2006

A Second Dose of Prose

Jacob
by Loffy

He's sworn off drinking and smoking
and he wears his ethnicity like a badge
He is considered "guwapo" by those around him
but he never seems to notice
He possesses utter dislike for anything
mainstream and Western
and would gladly take a bullet
for his principles.

He is destined for greatness
Not the Bill Gates kind of greatness
nor the kind found in a stadium of fans
or the bulwark of political cronies
but the silent kind of greatness others speak of
as their eyes make water.
In his lifetime, he will help more people
and touch more lives than all the
politicians in this country put together
ever will.

He is a constant reminder that
the improbable is not impossible
if we remain
persistent
unwavering
vigilant.
He restores my faith in the innate
goodness of the human soul
-- what apathy and indifference we see
is the spawn of the twisted society we live in
But we can resist, look inside what is pure
and like him, choose to care.

He is always lugging around
his heavy backpack chockful of
memos
newspapers
subversive documents
that he gladly shares with me
and anyone who would stop and listen.
He is forever pushing the envelope
and challeging the status quo
Stops only to admire the peace, love and good
happiness stuff that still abound in this world.

He is the big brother I never had
who gives me his bottle of iced tea
when I see the wavy lines of heat
and am delirious from thirst
He is the one person
I can talk to for hours on end about
politics
art films
the occult
and things considered
too trivial by the pompous world.
He never ceases to amaze me
with a wit and intellect
that is entirely his own.
He is a mystery whose complexity and depth
I struggle to fathom
but perhaps never will.

To be indifferent is to be half-dead,
this he'll tell you and more.
And while the people who pass by
see him as just another face
(albeit a good-looking one)
I see a giant of a person
a genius of his time
a warm ray of sunshine in this otherwise dreary world
and the reason I am straight. =P