Stare Down

Stare Down 1/3/2014

Bits and pieces

Shatter everywhere 

Once we open our eyes

And see the truth.

Something has changed

Inside and out

For a reason I cannot explain

A light turns on

Inside of your head.

We still get tired

And we still get disappointed

But no longer do we gasp for air

In the middle of the night.

Circumstances may not change

And the news, gets worse every day

But still we keep on going

Unshaken and unmoved.

I have what I need

And more than I ask

Even in the wilderness

I drink and laugh.

Others clamor

And claw at each other

Over the dwindling treasures of nothingness

Dangled over their heads.

They murder over nothing

And then blame someone else

Never growing or understanding

What it is, they missed.

I was only dreaming

With my eyes open

Reacting rather than thinking

Selfish and dumb. 

I was leaning on others

And dependent on man
Overly indulged,

Spoiled and dead.

So I cannot say

That all suffering is evil

Because if I had not lost

How would I ever know?

Others look at the end

And all they see is death

But I was the one

Who turned around

Looked up and said

“You’re free”.

This world cannot hold us

And this death

No longer has power

As we pass from one place to another

Gifted and cherished. 

Breathe in and breathe out

For all of this 

Will heal in time

After many have fallen

Or marched into the sea.

Let them fall

And let is rot

Going the way of all things

That were never worthy at all. 

You are protected

Even if you lose

And we are blessed

Even if we die. 

Keep on doing good

And stand up

For what is right 

No matter how it looks

Or how hopeless it seems.

Because all of this

And all of them 

Are withering away 

On either side of us

Dead and gone.  

Do not look back

Or try and save your work

For will build it all back again

Better than before.