Midnight Submarine

Midnight Submarine 1/2/2014

At midnight I kissed my wife

And toasted another journey

All around the sun

And after the party was over

We drove home

And went to sleep.

A new year has begun

But I am haunted

By the same old nightmares

The kind I can’t seem to shake

No matter how much I try. 

Painful memories

Dangle in my head

About all that is left undone

And all that is incomplete. 

Lost loves

And broken promises

Litter my brain

Morphing into regrets

That wound me even more.

It hurt then

And it hurts now

And I awoke with that old familiar pain

In the left side
Of my heart.

But I go on

And so must we all

Laughing when we can

Holding close each and every nuance

As it comes

Unexpected and beautiful.

The war goes on

And the cities begin to sink

Just like we knew they would

Deluded, heavy and dumb.

You can’t make anyone better

Than what they know to become

And you cannot force outcomes

Without destroying dreams. 

Say hello to yesterday

For those who never learn

And as always, we are drug along

All the way down. 

The sheep follow a fool

And the fools follow a clown

All heading to the gallows

As they sing and dance around.

Stupidity can be forgiven

And mistakes, they are so human

But hidden hatred is the worst

As it festers and blooms. 

If only the truth wasn’t hidden

And if only our eyes could see

Then much would have been revealed

And so very many saved.

We will always drag it behind us

But let us make it count

Learning to be happy

And make it ours again.