Everything for sale…

do not say it is

selfish – it is

everyman for himself

in this prison

this broke down heart

knows too well the clanging

and crashing towards

breaking free

if I am not for me

who can I be for

and who will be for me?

not me, I am not

for me and I cannot

be for you.

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do not say look

on the brighter side

to someone so shrouded

in darkness – that abyss

swallows you whole

there is no light to look upon

nothing but pitch blackness

that space drowns out

everything but a cold

hollow emptiness the echo

takes so long to reverberate

it’s easy to be mistaken

for a moment someone else

is there someone hears

these cries and weeps

for this darkness too but no

it is only a mirage the cries

are my own from

so long ago I can’t even

remember when.

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do not say the only way

from down is up

when you are down so low

lay your head upon those rocks

and dig your hands into that

thick sweet earth feel

how easy your bones sink

to the bottom as if returning home

lay down low in those arms

and listen here you will learn

how we are all made

of sticks and stones and one day

we will all be reduced to rubble

be rock be bottom

be ground lay down low

let go crumble.

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~LLN

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