Sidewalk

Sidewalk 2/26/2014

There is no reason to look

If there is nothing you can do

And there is no reason to survive

If there is nothing left to say.

It is easy to say hello

But it’s hard to say goodbye

As we rise up and fall down

Over another bump in the road.

We have come around the corner

But it is still, just the same

Just like it was yesterday

And the day before that. 

There is nothing unique about today

Even if we are different

Because what lurks in our hearts

Has always been there. 

There are always secrets

And there are always riddles

But the puzzle of life

Endures.

We get closer

And then we fall away

Unable to accept

What was true all along. 

If you can think about thinking

Then you can guess the rest

Because not all things are true

And not all things are good.

We are linked together

Even if we are apart

And I will have

All I have known

And much more than this. 

A fire can burn the body

But it cannot touch the soul

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Don’t answer the door

Because it might be a trick

And be careful where you go

Because the beasts are hungry. 

The day you know it

Is the day, you start to learn

As every pore is electrified

And a shiver goes up your spine. 

I have not forgotten

And I have not given up

But instead I ask for something different 

And better than before.  

It may come as a surprise

And it may come as a shock

But not for the humble

And not for the true. 

All things must pass

Yes, even the ugly

And the dumb

But if we only understood

We would still smile. 

No matter what happens

And no matter what is lost

The best will always be yet to come

Even in ten thousand years. 

I see you 

But, there are many things

I just cannot do

Even if, I wanted 

And even if, I dreamed.  

But what I can be

Is only just beginning

As I keep scratching at the surface

And knocking at the door.