Teeth

Teeth   11/14/2013

To do what is hard is a challenge

And no apology is needed

And to do what is right is an honor

No matter what you may suffer.

No longer 

Do I try to explain

What cannot be explained

And no more will I try and justify

What I have learned along the way. 

Everything has happened

Just like

We should have seen

And yes, it has happened before

So we are both, blind, and dumb.

We could beat ourselves

But it would not change a thing

And we can rage against others

For what they have done

But nothing will take it back. 

Words are spoken

And we have fallen into a trap

The very same trap

That we have set for others.

Some laugh as we struggle

And they think

That they have won

But their shock shall be even greater

When their world falls apart.

If it happens to one

It can happen to all

And if horror can visit the good

Then all of this

Can burn away. 

Lean down to the fallen

And whisper in their dead ears

Without forgetting that everyone dies

But many have never lived. 

The frost has killed my flowers

But even seeds die underground

Rising again, like a spirit 

Once crushed.   

Others may come in power

To scrutinize the powerless

But the good will never be alone

If they know

Where to turn.