Dead Level

Dead Level  6/6/2014

You can hang me upside down

And let everyone see the damage

Because I am beaten

And I do not care.

Bloody, bruised and wounded

I can be a warning to others

At least those who can learn by seeing

What happens to the outliers

And what happens to fools. 

I have heard this all before

Must be a least a million times

But I chose to look a little deeper

And check under the rocks. 

If you find one thing

You can bet there is another

But people who lie a lot

Can’t be trusted at all. 

The bugs have crawled out

And now they are everywhere

Swarming in the shadows

After the lights are turned off. 

We have ignored them

And we have moved down the line

Thinking we are safe

Behind gates and towers.

But deceit is everywhere

And treachery is soon to follow

Lingering in the heart of darkness

Inside of every man.  

The strings all lead to something

If you have the courage to look

Tracing the lines backwards

To the same old source. 

It’s okay to make mistakes

And it’s okay to be wrong

As long  as you learn

And as long as you act.   

The dumb days are gone

And the hard stuff awaits

As circumstances make demands

That we must meet.

It’s time to decide

Who it is we are

Standing upright

Eyes dead level.