Fair Thee Well

Fair Thee Well 5/27/2014

What if you found out

That everything was a lie

And that wrong was right

And right was wrong. 

What would you think?

And what would you do?

If everything you worked for

Was gone in an hour. 

But isn’t that the truth

That no one wants to hear

That we are nothing but pawns

In someone else’s nightmare.

Raised like chickens

And fattened like calves

Socially engineered

To accept and believe.

Obedient, flexible

Foolish and fearful

We go along

To get along.

All to protect

What will never last

As our fingers turn to stone 

And crumble into dust.

I have abandoned my heart

Bruised, scarred and bleeding

Resigned to the fact

That this world is doomed

And dying. 

But if all that we know

Is nothing but an illusion

Then what is true and hidden

Must be a whole lot better.   

I am letting this go

Because my best

Will never be good enough

And all my efforts

Nothing but, an exercise.

Who came before

Will always be better

And if not for them

I would have never lived. 

I can be thankful

But also forget

Because no man can change

What we have done. 

The best words still escape

Long before
I can write them down

Coming and going in the gentle breezes

Ruffling my hair. 

But now, I can look backwards

And still crack a smile

Because now I know

That death is dead.

Come fly with me

And let us twist in a spiral

Looping up, over, and down

Again and again. 

What is coming

Will be far better

Containing all that was

Plus so much more.

Eternity has no limits

Either for love or creativity

As we leap from one idea

To another and another.