These days we live in a world where pills are prescribed to those who have seen the light,
Emerged from the cave.
They're fed round, white drops,
In order to keep them in order.

These days we sit in cubes staring mindlessly at a bright computer screen
That convinces us we're "working."

These days if you don't drink the Kool-Aid, you'll bring about your own demise.
You'll be driven insane by the truth.

So go ahead.

Swallow the pill.
Or
Go insane.

Concentric Circles

Dancing in concentric circles;
Coming close to the radius of the problem.
The crack that makes up half
The
Split

Unable to do the same tango
The coldness became
the norm
The confusion a constant
state of mind

So sick of being bound
By manipulations of the
Heart.
Lament over the past,
Lament over the heartbreak,
Lament over the mistakes,
Wait for the future to solve
Them.

Dancing in concentric circles;
Still so far from the heart of the problem.

Fear Fuels

A strong person knows fear.

A strong person understands it.

They know how it ebbs into the deep corners of the belly and burns.

They know the sinking feeling, the tremors, the chills,

Fear produces.

They know it can be a driving force, and not a hindrance.

A strong person lets fear in.

A strong person lets it be their fuel.

Never Quite

I'm never quite sure.

I'm never quite ready.

I can never quite sort out

the voices in my head,

the feelings in my heart,

what my gut tells me,

I'm never quite sure.

Thaw

Majestic Creatures

From afar they may be mistaken for a more majestic creature.

A hawk.

An eagle.

Some elegant bird of prey.

Up close, it becomes clear.

Their wings not so perfect; a feather out of 

Place

Here or there;

Somewhere.

With their scarlet heads, a vulture is unmistakably

A vulture.

There is an animosity toward them,

A fear,

A revulsion.

Yet, they do have their own elegance.

Whether or not everyone can see it.

They have an undeniable purpose.

They make use of what's gone;

Of what's dead.

There is a beauty to these jurassic creatures that I wish everyone could see.

Sweet Demons