Dead Winter

Dead Winter 1/14/2015

Unending is the flow

From one boredom

To another

As we satisfy our souls

With gadgets and glitter.

We get up

With a purpose

But then we are distracted

Like an animal

In a tree.

We react

Rather than think

And we live

In the flow.

The current is strong

And we are weak

Letting it pick us up

And carry us away. 

We start out human

But we end up

Something else

As we walk in baby steps

Away from the truth. 

Perhaps we never intended harm

But that is where it leads

Because we seldom learn

What is hot

Until we are burned. 

How many lives are ruined

Because we no one paid attention

Wandering in their sleep

Over a cliff.

Boxing themselves in a corner

With no way out

Except through deceit

And staggering loss.

We lie to ourselves

Long before we lie to others

As we fumble along

Unknowing and dumb. 

It is a tragedy

And it is a horror

That so many twist alone

At the end of their rope. 

The world weeps

And turns over

Hating itself

All over again. 

It will not matter

How it is, that we feel

As long as we try

And do not give up. 

This life does not glow

And it does not glitter

But neither will the baubles

Of the deceived

And the deluded. 

Their time will come

Before they even know it

Them like us

Wasted on the way. 

I wish I had an answer

But all I do, is wait

As I look inside my heart

And wonder, if I am worthy. 

Words are not enough

I know that, most of all

But Gods promise is real

Even if we fail.    

It’s okay to be sad

As long as we try

And it’s okay to weep

As long as we rise. 

Please Lord, hear my prayer

Save me from this black abyss

Pulling me down

And covering me up.    

If he can save me

He can save you

My protector, savior

And everlasting friend.