Plaques on the Wall

Plaques on the Wall 12/19/2013

We hold our nose

And do what we must

As others take full liberty

To do what they will.

Taking the biggest slice

And belittling others

Reducing whoever they choose

To nothing at all.

How many times

Have I been invisible?

Shrinking inside myself

Because of what I had to endure

For the sake of family

And money. 

Slave to an institution

Of artificial ranks

Bestowed on some

For all the worst reasons.

Those willing to pretend

And those willing to lie

Amoral sycophants

Groveling for more.

One talks to another

About something they already know

While someone else makes a graph

To prove how great it was.

Such is man

And all our efforts

As we grow larger and larger

And so full of ourselves.

Ever striving for more titles

And more plaques on the wall

We clamor over nothing

Overly proud

Of nothing at all. 

When we leave

We are gone

And nothing ever remains

As we are gathered to our fathers

In the dead dust of time.

But it is far better

To be real

Than it is to be a leader

Because who have you seen

That ever led at all.  

I was here

But I do not pretend

And I live

But acknowledge the truth.

There is no future in truth

Not in this world

But that is not a bad thing

When the world has turned

Upside down. 

All of this is dying

And it shall come crashing down

Built for all the wrong reasons

At just the perfect time. 

Have a nice day

And have a nice night

Because nothing is forever

And neither is this. 

A happy ending

Is the best beginning

Because even the worst dies

So the good can live again.