The Fences

Life is full of ups and downs but sometimes it's also full of indifference, numbness. Sometimes it seems like no matter what we do we can't catch a break while other times it feels like life goes on without us making the slightest effort. Sometimes doing nothing works while swinging for the fences ends in utter disaster.

If I had words I'd sing a song

I'd rearrange the stars

Up in smoke

Set off like sparks

Flattened here

Still and barely

Inhaling

Even' stars

Such a moon

Forgotten

Reveling without

Revealing meaning within

Caught up with dry tongue

Desires sit undone

In a web of useless words

I was the only one caught up

Not worth the North wind

And all air out of the room

In space no one really can

Hear a heart breaking

Pushing pieces out to sea

Dashed against the stones

Young thoughts I anchored here like dreams

Worlds I would have made for you

A sour mind that can't create

A tainted gallery of misguided notions

Now nailed up with these failures

And kissed upon the cheek

A loneliness fettered only by delusion

Buying time here at the mirror

With a mannequin in a fresh cloak

Coaxed ahead by all these fears

So even if I had a chance

I'd just waste your time

All the same you know my worth

Spelled out in empty hours

Cast in repetitious phrases

The make and model of a coward

Incantations failed to phase this

Melancholy gridlock stare

Moonshine more a shade of doubt

I lay myself against the ground

And dream of breathing in

Of what the Spring might mean

I feel the storm coming

But know it ain't for me

Covered over in soil

Begging to be free

Sharing an empty cup

Praying for the laying on of hands

Settling for less than

And knowing my own place

Making pacts with apathy

Images to lessen impacts

Nerve endings burnt out

And heart still swimming

Swinging for

So much more

Than goodbye

But now I

Know My Place

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