Saturday, January 13, 2018

above all else, guard your heart – proverbs 4:23


sentences swirl

an army of procreation

 

in an apartment in paris

with a bathtub coffin

was a hand written page

of morrison’s last poem

the final line

“last words, last words out”

 

do the dead care that we mourn?

are there ghosts gathering sentiment?

angels that weep with sorrow and joy?

or just a universe that deploys

evolutionary life forms

that swarm habitable planets

 

on this granite

we have always partaken in commerce

the glue of pinnacle civilizations

making me wonder if evolution

is synonymous with advancement

or just the same old same old

story told

with each generation knowing

sturdier structures

which are ruptured by wars

natural catastrophes

the name of progress

or frayed by the dissidence of decay

 

when the moon is a sliver

hiding the rest in a quiver

those outside shiver

while some kneel bedside to pray

some in taverns play

either way

we contain

a construct within our consciousness

that engrains

a harvest that is a reason

for the stars

cars

bars

all those pennies in a jar

that will never be rolled

 

i have not looked under every bridge

so i do not know

if under one there is a troll

like we were told

in fairy tales

meant to curtail

adventurous behavior

 

i weary of the flavor of words

enacted as saviors

meant to stem the tide

of what’s inside

better to hide

and deride who we are

a collection of scars

from words that cut deep

 

some leaving wounds

that will never heal

we daily reveal

these festering sores

in a personality

unique to you and me

 

behaviors others disdain

injecting the veins

with a profane

that disrupts the

healthy flow of

your corpuscle purpose

in the constituents of commerce

 

you will be measured

by what you treasure

on your day of leisure

justified by being like the other guy

who can only enjoy the sunshine

in a vehicle whose cost

could feed a family for fifteen years

because with the press of a button

the top can come down

 

i drown within the sound

of all that is around

while sifting through

my own silences

and the field i am forced to seed

and battle the weeds

because, come the season,

everyone must harvest

and reap what we have sown

 

as we venture into the unknown

we cannot return to the before

let others know what is in store

an eternity of listening to the dead snore

or preening the wings of angels

 

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