Raising Consciousness
By Luka Lesson
Published 19 October 2023
Life is what you make it
but you should take it as it comes
Life is a paradise
entangled with a gun
A rainbow
being beaten by a drum
drum up the mustard
muster the courage when it comes
Confidence facing consequence
mistakes in the magic
they laugh at the tragic
even my sarcophagus is sarcastic
All hail the holy land
traverse inner terrain
let it reign, let it rain, let it rane
horse and carriage against the grain
All gravy
all suffering
a beautiful struggle all the same
let it reign, let it rain, let it rane
steam train against the grain
Life is what you fake it
till you make it, make it change
middle finger to the haters you create inside your brain
Big love to the brothers
the homies by your side
the obstacles and tentacles
tenacity on the rise
The temptations
the temporal tense sensations on the mind
the mind over matter
keep your eye on the grind
Nose to the grindstone
heart to the hearth
leave the moves to the movement
the proof to the church
Progress is the process
change before it fades
make matter matter
mad hatter battling to batter up everyday
Step up to the plate
feed yourself another way
divert the dividends
money is not the pay
Challenge the undefeated
repent the disbelievers
repeat until they repeat it
til the whole world then believes it
And they take the credit
it's not about your own acknowledgement
it's about raising up the consciousness
with your syllables and consonants
Consequently you can dream and they can live it
you can plant the seed
they can eat the fruit once it's delivered
Long as they get to live it
it doesn't matter who started it
what matters is that we all take the journey
and we all make it to the finish
Celebrated spoken word poet Luka Lesson staged a performance and Q&A session for 160 Year 7 students before guiding them through writing exercises as part of a 'Music + Poetry' workshop (the pilot program which became Counterpoint). Read an article about the experience in The Macarthur Advertiser and click below to view the student's powerful poems.