Hole in the Wall

Hole in the wall   7/8/2014

The ghost is inside the man

And the man is inside the moon

Living on the dark side of happiness

All the way to the end.

I can take it

Or I can leave it

That is how it is

And that’s how it was

As the inner takes over the outer

With nothing left to lose.

They can hate it

Or they can love it

But either way it’s good to know

That reality takes it all

Ready or not.

I stare at the pictures

One dimensional and dead

But that is all we are allowed

In the here and now. 

Ask me how it feels

But don’t ask for an explanation

Because no one knows for sure

The deep dark shades of death.

Ask me what I want

And I will tell you now

To live fully

And hold nothing back. 

Swing out backwards

And kick out your feet

Then curl back over

And punch through the glass.

Make a bloody mosaic

Beautiful to see

Sparkling on the ground

Like shattered diamonds.

Unforgettable are the bright flames

Perfect and untouched

Burning through our lives

Like what we once dreamed

But never examined. 

I fire off the words

Into cold white space

More than what I could have imagined

Before I ever knew.

My hands move easily now

And my fingers are flying

Poking at the keys

As fast as I can think. 

Now I am me

And living just to be alive

Laughing just because I can

Because that is what stays with you

Even after, everything is gone. 

So many are here

In my thoughts

And in my mind

But I wonder what they see?

Having passed away

Not knowing at all. 

This is not about me

And if it doesn’t cut

Then it’s no good at all

Nothing but the senseless ramblings

Of a mad man

At the end of the world.

But even an ending is good

Because then everything is new

As we start all over

Without forgetting

What we knew. 

Let this little flicker

Burn through the night

And rest in our brains

One for me

And two for you.