Bait and Switch

Bait and Switch

Diversion 1/3/2012

Cold is the silent death
That lurks beneath eternal ice
Frozen since before we knew
Under pressure and ready to blow.

Every man has secrets
And every man has a skeleton
Haunting the places
That he dare not go.

If we knew all
Could we face the day
And if we got what we deserve
Would we be here at all.

We search and we search
But never seem to find
When we should have known all along
And trusted in the truth.

We have gone far from here
And found many hiding places
But nobody knows for sure
What remains deep and buried.

We reach out to the heavens
And dig deep into the earth
But we still cannot weigh the spirit
Or measure the human soul.

But we have seen enough
Enough that we should know
But still we doubt
And still we ridicule.

We hedge our bets
And conveniently forget
Covering up the truth
Beneath the dust of time.

It is wise to be careful
And not be deceived
Because the biggest lie is coming
Leading us off a cliff.

They tell us to look through
The eyes of others
But neglect to see the truth
That the time has come
To see for ourselves.

A man must think of the future
And he must protect his children
Because the hatred and the horror
Is as real, as it can get.

A half a truth cannot save us
And half a life is not enough
Before the truth is hidden
And our future frozen solid.

A frozen lake is in our hearts
But life still lives below
Hiding the secrets
Where our eyes can’t see
Crouching in the darkness
The proof we cannot see.

When they say look up
Then you had better look down
Because behind your back
They have turned it all around.

Beware the discoveries
And beware the claims
For nothing is impossible
But all things are suspect.

If nothing else
Let us read the words
Of those we follow
Because the truth is there
If you want to see.

The void calls
And it is easy to fall
Off the cliff
And down the river
Like buffaloe for eating
And diamonds in the dirt.