Friday, June 24, 2011

Some Words In a Certain Order

i was asked to write these... so i thought i'd share:

Erosion
With a roll of the dice we are left
Trusting fate
A mistake
Through the rubble and ash we find hope
We see faith

We may open our eyes once again
The warmth of light
The soft of snow
In the aftermath of chaos there is birth
It was I

Thrust upon the earth to blossom
Rooted deep
With giant dreams
On clouds of endless longing
I stood tall

We wear the praise with rapture
Dripping strength
The ashes rise
To an anthology of anthems
I was proud

Crossing the violent riverbeds
The sharp piercing
The perilous abyss
Traversing the waters of deception
So I fell


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Conflicted

I am able to see the brightest of days go by outside my window
  The drapes occasionally flutter granting the sun momentary entry
    Only to escort darkness back in moments later
As I sit and I watch and I sit and I think
In my refuge
I have no affinity to either
And I only have confidence in my indecision
So I sit idly by allowing the struggle of darkness and light to persist
  Prolonging until it ebbs and flows into existence

Today I am quiet and without a word to utter
Solemnly entrenched in the noise of nothingness
Tomorrow I will pay attention to the songbird
He perches high above even beyond the clouds
His notes are soft and lift the heaviest of hearts
Yesterday I was able to decipher a puzzle
And I called out from atop the cliffs of mountains
I was leading the march of triumph and celebration across the ravine
Listening as the echoes rang throughout the gorge and into the sky

Climbing out of bed everyday is a voyage of discovery
  The sheets are my satin sanctuary where I wish to stay
Inevitably I am unable to resist the temptations of greater desires
  Over and over I open doors never knowing what I’ll find on the other side
Inquisitive yet indifferent because I never like the answer
  It is possible that I’ve never asked the right questions
And so I am filled with empty promises and unreached potential
  Looking around I find unlimited passages from which to choose
But my hands are blistered and my fingers calloused from grasping at wonders
All of the world looks down on me waiting to see my resolve

Today I sit and I watch and I sit and I think
Unable to leave the comfort of the foot of my bed
Unable to distinguish my reality from fantasies
Unable to realize which thoughts are my own
I am paralyzed here as time transpires and all that happens
Is nothing
Today I sit and think of tomorrow
  Tomorrow is when I will walk out this door

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