Guts

Guts   8/26/2013

Something’s cannot keep

Because they will rot and fester

Growing mold

And spreading disease. 

The rotten wood crumbles to dust

And the whole house

Collapses on itself

A paper thin facade

With nothing to back it up. 

You can say it today

And you repeat it for 100 years

But a lie is still a lie

And nothing lasts forever. 

Some people live without a spark

And will never understand

But the fire burns within us

And there is no putting it out. 

If you cannot see it

Then you are not looking

And if you refuse to know

Then you are blind and dumb. 

I know what it feels like

To be hopeless and alone

But never for a minute

Did I blame a stranger

Or beat the innocent.  

The world can be merciless

And people can be cruel

But the greater man finds a way

Through faith and action. 

No longer do I believe

Everything that I hear

And no longer can you trust

What you see on TV.

Others can laugh

And others may lie

But the clock is ticking downwards

Every second

And every day. 

I can pick on my scabs

Or I can let them heal

But what we do is a choice

And I have made mine. 

When the windows are opened

And the door is kicked in

The whole artificial world

Will fall on itself.

When everything falls apart

It will pay to be loyal

To what is true

And what is real.