Screw Your Perception

By Kareem A Rashed

Basically, Screw Your Perception is to remind us all that we are one. How is our ego getting in the way and stopping us from listening and accepting others just as they are? How can we learn to live in love and in relation with another? How can we learn and understand one another? What if we listened? What if we allowed others to be themselves? What if we let go? What if we were willing to look ourself in the mirror? What if we might just be each other's reflection? What if we were here to learn, to show empathy, to love, and to accept one another? Can we accept others just as they are? Can we accept them even when to us, what they are saying, thinking, or doing seems so different from what we are saying, thinking, or doing? The big question: Can we deflate our ego and stop trying to change everyone else? Maybe it is about changing ourselves. Maybe it is all about connection rather than division?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781662456039

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Screw Your Perception

Kareem A Rashed

Copyright © 2022 Kareem A. Rashed

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2022

ISBN 978-1-6624-5601-5 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-6624-5603-9 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

In the beginning there was the Word and the Word was SPOKEN:

Who Gets Acknowledged

Introduction

What is Perception

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

In the beginning there was the Word and the Word was SPOKEN:

EgoManiac

I think I'm all that and some cheesecake

I think I'm delicious, my ego is vicious. Deadly!

It will kill me if I give it permission

my head be, getting bigger than a blimp.

It's, like I won a gold medal off in the Olympics

Hold on! Let's settle this within an instant

I'm an egomaniac

oh how I love the attention

Affirmation. Leaves me salivating from my mouth

like a puppy getting pet

rubbed on his neck.

Yes! Stroke my ego why don't you

show me respect. You should honor me

bow down and give me pecks

softly on my feet

walk next to me

Tell me I'm so handsome

that should only be your speech.

Tell me I'm worth more than a million

and you would love to birth my children.

A villian! An extremist!

A terrorists when it comes to killing

your character in my head.

I'm revealing my insecurities.

It's ridiculous how to you I sound so sure of me

but on the inside there's no sign of purity.

Blinded by pride, the sun shines in my eyes.

My vision is blurry,

so egoistic and so

if it has nothing to do with me,

I don't want to hear it.

Stuck in my feelings,

selfish and self centered

reckless and uncentered.

My methods and motives are impure,

but I'm sure you don't notice.

How can I control this

to my benefit and change the outcome?

It's dangerous and how come

I'm so manipulative?

But these questions won't get answered

because right now I'm only after.

What it is that you can give

so I can live without disaster.

I'm the King of the mountain.

Master of every hill,

let my will be done and it will.

Take place!

My ego helps me walk around and be fake,

smile in your face and say that life is great.

I would like for you think

I got it all together, but that's never the case.

I'll do whatever it takes to make me feel good,

Yes that's the state

I try to reside in.

This maniac

yes his ego grows in size when

ever

you compliment me.

It will boost my confidence indeed.

I need your approval,

if I get it I succeed.

I bleed arrogance, I inherited the seed.

Gene pool filled with ego fools

twisted and narcissistic

every topic gets twisted and turned about me.

How could you doubt me?

Around me

it is only me, I surround me.

Sounds stupid, but arguably

it's profoundly deep.

I'll do anything just to keep you around me

Like me, love me, fight me, it excites me.

My ego is frightening,

fear and it's frightening.

In my pride it's likely

for me to be mighty.

I can save you, heal you

my answer is yes, even if it kills you.

I know it will kill me

my self worth

right now I don't see how it would hurt.

But let's talk about saving you,

changing you

taking you

out of the dirt and embracing you.

plus it will make me feel amazing too.

Superhero

I'll put out a blaze for you.

Go through the fire

and pull you out of the ashes.

If only I can awaken you

stick out the ladder and you grab it.

Then my ego will receive praises and clapping,

standing ovations.

I'm an egomaniac

a doctor who heals all his patients.

Insane insanity

brain filled with vanity.

I'm God!!

Leave it to me,

It's my job to save all of humanity.

Egomaniac

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Acceptance

Let's see if I can practice acceptance and toleration

the problem with that is

Humans bother my patience.

A lot of placing,

individuals in categories

I wonder what category I'm placed in?

Because I walk with a twist

and my hips be swaying

then to you I must be gay

I don't know,

Maybe that's what you are saying?

Or I'm a black man that was taken

and placed in a slave ship

full of niggers?

And if you say that,

then you are racists!

What's my placement?

Is it a criminal who life is wasted

because of my skin color?

I'm locked up with a minimum

of 20 years I'm facing?

Or do you see me on a corner with a sign

and you sigh…

thinking why won't he get a job

it's not that hard to make it?

Or maybe I'm a thug because I love

to have my pants hanging,

below my waist

so to you I'm slanging drugs

or smoking it?

I don't know what you're thinking,

it's easy to lose focus when

you don't notice

your own boat is sinking.

Drowning,

too busy trying to fix other people

instead of keeping your eyes

fixed on your surroundings.

The tide is rising,

water is climbing above sea level.

See shovel and dig a hole

for your problems and try to hide them.

Expose everyone else

I suppose everyone else

to you, is a tyrant?

But the only one that's standing beside you

is You and You,

if You only knew or had a clue

that no one is really as bad as you.

And that includes

rapists, murderers, drug dealers,

but it's sad that you

don't know that love heals us.

And covers a multitude of offenses

bringing me close to you

coming over the fences.

But hopefully you will get it,

but so be it.

Criticize every other human being

I believe it's

an epidemic or an disease

that sits within us and bleeds.

And seeps into another person's war

and what's more.

Is that not ours to fight

I can't control nothing,

I ain't got enough might.

Can't change another person's life

only mine.

So divine is my quest,

there's no question

I am in line to be blessed.

And so is every other person

who gets on your nerves with

their imperfect imperfections.

There's a purpose,

perfect it.

Grow in my service of others,

purpose perfected.

Wash someone else's feet

that's filled with dirt and respect them.

Hurt and rejection

will cause us to hurt and reject them.

Instead of accepting

the level that someone else is at or on.

Take em off your platform,

they can't reach your standard.

So don't let em stand on it,

people are prone to fall off.

It's placed too high on a tottering beam,

it's seems

they can only reach the top in your dreams.

Soon as you awake

the next day they are placed

on the ground with two feet.

Walking right next to you

acting the same but in their own way unique.

No one is different!

everybody is broken split in pieces,

afflicted with dis-ease.

It's no peace on this land,

so a man has to have a piece in his hand.

Resort to violence couldn't be part of the plan,

but Man is so hard to live with.

Especially when all you do is take in this life

and not give anything.

Not wealth or diamond rings,

but to help a guy in a time of need.

Or accept this man when he is on his knees

instead of sitting around and judging others.

The human race is One,

that's your sister or brother

niece, nephew or cousin maybe your mother.

Maybe this world would be different

if we learned to love us!

Acceptance

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Brilliant

It ain't no sweat off my brows

sitting here thinking somehow

I am gonna make it.

Through the pain and the strife

dealing with the feeling of loss.

What did I gain in this life?

Picture the frame, the vision, my sight.

Look ahead not to the left or the right

keep my feet steady cause any slight,

push or shove might.

Throw me off this cliff

and I'm afraid of heights.

But still with might,

I stand tall.

Full of resilience,

yeah this negro is brilliant.

In stillness,

I sit still with myself for my health

self care.

I'm aware of my faults

and the cost of my choices.

Meditate so I can't hear the voices

let go and evaporate the noises.

To the sky they go,

through my highs and lows.

And I know it's only one voice

that speaks inside my soul.

That believes in me,

tells me I'm more precious than diamonds and gold.

Must get realigned,

I was designed to be whole.

And behold the one who sits on the throne,

and realize it's not me.

Was given a gift that was meant to be honed,

and perfected and yes I'm only blessed with…

this just to be a testament.

But I will not reject this,

brilliance and be negligent.

It's so evident

that I know how to use my present tense.

I'm gifted to put words in sentence,

make sure to adverbs in my subject and predicate.

I use my adverbs and take action

through adverse things that happen.

Not to be subject, but project

myself to rise above disastrous circumstances.

My purpose handed to me

on purpose it was planned and God planted.

The seed when he created this human being,

and being it's something I'm trying to be.

And not do too much,

let the lioness hunt.

Sit back with the rest of the pride,

The lion

I'm lying on the grass

waiting on the kill to eat,

here's lunch.

Try to stay on my knees much

and not on my feet.

Lay down in green pastures and

get some peace.

My soul is at ease,

rise up and brush off my sleeves.

Gotta keep my wool clean

just a sheep that must follow the lead

of my master.

My great shepherd I run after-math

could wind up and equal disaster.

I have everything there's nothing to ask for,

except to help me practice subtraction,

not addition and stop adding.

I know I lack discipline cause I'm an addict

for everything that's attractive.

And I'm not meant to be living in my addiction,

not when I'm equipped with

this Brilliance.

Quit with the distractions,

I get distracted quick.

Move on it's not in the past I sit,

exist only in the present.

My mind is an weapon

filled with bullets to go against,

Me.

The trigger keeps pulling and then I'm hit

right in my temple.

And maybe he should've shot me

and blown off my mental.

But that power greater than me

had something in store later for me.

It's simple!

Yes!

You might say I'm feeling myself and my credentials,

but really I'm blessed chosen elected like presidential.

No debate for your campaign

The one who made the fire has lit me up like gas flames.

Now I'm lifted

used to be a victim and sit around and blame.

Complain, then my brain is filled with opinions,

Perceptions.

Exception, the only thing that makes me brilliant

is that I learn some lessons from my experiences.

But nothing separates me from human existence

no matter the age range or the distance.

Six degrees feet or inches

no difference.

Listen, you may been with a company years in,

making only enough to feed your children?

Maybe your mind is polluted with lies locked in a prison,

or you suffer from depression

or from what they call a mental illness?

Or your just rob a company

in your stealth appearance?

Or you came up with an invention?

Now you're rich living off billions?

or you got nowhere to go

with no pot to piss in.

Sleeping under bridges

or under a park pavilion?

Or in a dugout by the baseball diamond,

or you're living on a private island?

Or put in your work and now you are enjoying retirement?

The outside is only temp and soon to be expiring.

No one is exempt from the time and date set they'll be dying,

what matters is on the inside.

So I don't hide in my masculinity,

I surrender my pride and ask for humility.

God grant me the serenity,

to accept the things that I cannot change

the courage to change the things I can

and the wisdom to know the difference.

I know I want everything in an instant,

but that's not how life works

sometimes you must wait to get it.

And sitting still takes a Brilliant,

Mind,

to rest at ease and exist just fine.

With patience and not racing

to attain the goals of mine.

Life is a marathon

must take a break or a breath, then respond.

Remain calm when the bomb is detonated,

pause when agitated.

See this is brilliance,

to learn about what it is that's gots you aggravated.

Must be something on the inside,

that disturbs my mind.

Am I hungry, angry, lonely or tired,

and when I'm in halt mode I must halt cold.

In my tracks

and look back

See what's got me itching

and why I want to scratch.

Maybe I should move inches,

back and detach and take a look at myself.

And what makes me Brilliant

is that I learned that I must look at myself.

Brilliant

By: Kareem A. Rashed

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Who Gets Acknowledged

Of course I must say thanks to God. My Higher Power who directs my thinking and takes all of my craziness and renews my mind. I want to thank you for the gift you gave me to share with this world. You are Amazing. I also want to thank my ego. Yes, Ego, you get a huge shout out. If it wasn't for you being so big, this book would not have been written. So thanks Ego, you the man!! HAHAHA!! I would like to say thanks Mom, thanks Dad, for having me, your miracle child. Thanks for trying again and here I am. Thank you Mom for being my biggest fan and rooting for me. Thanks to my siblings, who put up with all of my selfishness for many years. I love you. Thank you to