Dark Bay

Dark Bay 7/2/2014

I watch it

And it watches me

Recording my keystrokes

And everything I read.

But I can also watch

And I can also learn

Reading between the lines

To find the truth

Between the lies. 

There are no more accidents

And there are no more mysteries

As everything you ever needed to know

Is hidden under your nose.

What we thought was impossible

Has become a living nightmare

As the real wars rage in secret

Invisibly killing

Numbers unknown.

Laws become a nuisance

And regulations obscene

As imaginary enemies

Are endlessly punished. 

The carefree days are over

And all the easy smiles are gone

As now we face the task

Endless and grim.

Just because you are grateful

Does not mean that others are

And just because you have soul

Does not mean you are immortal. 

The end comes

Falling like a cinder block

Or stomping on your head

Like an animal

Loose on the street.

I have turned it over

And now I remain

As one piece of iron

Swimming in the clay. 

Dreams are dreams

But where they come from

Is not always, what we think

More powerful than memory

The windows of tomorrow. 

Anxiously we wait

And wonder

About all, we have done wrong

While others latch on

In involuntary hatred

A window is passing

For man to do his worst

All of it on purpose

And according to plan. 

The good also watch

And the good also wait

Ready at any hour

No matter how late

Or how long. 

Wary of the sudden strike

Or the slow infection

Each equally deadly

And each one

Done in the dark.