Holding On

Holding On 1/5/2015  

We go in

Neat clean and surgical

But then we come out

Exploding sideways

And leave a gaping would.

We never see it coming

And so we suffer all over again

With our fingers in our mouth

Burned just like yesterday. 

We stand at the precipice

And hesitate for a moment too long

So now we are left hanging

Without any choice at all.

I have been angry

But it didn’t change a thing

And then I tried to get away

But there is no escape

Without insanity or death. 

Out of options

There is no choice

But to endure

Straight ahead

And straight through. 

The wheels are set in motion

And they move slow and steady

Playing back a history

Already carved in stone. 

We live

But others sleep

More alive than dead

And left with a reason

To search and to know. 

Act swiftly

And without apology

At last knowing

Who you really are

And aspire to be. 

It was true before

And it is true now

That love conquers

And truth liberates. 

Hold on to that

And hold on with all your might

No matter how hard it gets

Or how much it hurts. 

It will hurt

But without pain

We would not have joy

At least not until all of this

Is gone in a day.

Look at yourself

And only then look at others

Because today is the day

That God said, would come.