Bolt Cutter

Bolt Cutter 4/21/2014

The circular blade

Spins sideways

Biting into bare metal

Sparking, cutting,

And churning through. 

I am going to turn this over

And I am going

To get away fast

Too old to waste another minute

And nothing left to lose. 

Our minds are full of memories

And every day there is more

But some can only dump it all

And run the other way.

The best things

Cannot be seen

Because what is unseen

Has always been greater

Than what we see

Or what we know. 

Some things stay hardened

But others shrink and soften

Useless, dead, and powerless

To do what we must

And do what they did.      

But that is life

And that is the test

While we remain

And endure. 

I am a double man

Appearing as the same

With one half weak

And the other strong.  

We all need love

But some, only have the need

As they always cling to others

For validation and survival.

But the good should learn

That there is always more

Locked away inside

And begging for release.

We could do it all

If only we would try

And we could change everything

If only we believed. 

But we cower

And we melt

Giving way to time

And circumstance. 

It is time to break through

And it is time to break away

And run at full speed

Using everything we were given

To smash what remains. 

The spirit burns

And awakens the flesh

Making anyone

Ten times ten thousand.

Now is the best time

Even if, it feels the worst

Because now we know

And now we see. 

We can remain as clay

Or we can be as bold as iron

Forged, fired, and hardened

And growing every day. 

Break the ice

And bust down the door

Because nothing can be won

Without ridicule and risk.