Brake Check

Brake Check      8/31/2015

Inward, outward

Over, and done

We attract what we are

And repel everything else.

The discomfort is gone

But reality has set in

That something is wrong

And it’s going to get worse.

If I have been wrong

Then I have been right

Because even a fool

Can guess

And learn from his mistakes.

But what am I to think

When I track the omissions

When every single mistake

Points in the same direction.

Waking up and going to sleep

We all react

Just like we think

Sensitive to appearance

And criticism.

Compensating and over compensating

Trying to please everyone

In order to be accepted

And loved.

But what would

The evil do

Except to do the absolute minimum

Just enough to survive

And continue. 

Unhindered by conscience

And immune to guilt

Methodically taking aim

With every action they take. 

Willing to use every trick

And lying with ease

Stonewalling every effort

Hiding all the evidence

Through coercing and threat.

It took a sharp knife

For me to awaken

But waking up is nothing

When you are already

Bleeding out.  

We are just passengers

Watching the scenery

As the bus driver plots the course

Driving us where he will

And pressing on the gas.

You can switch your driver

But the direction never changes

Regardless of club

Each one is bought

Packaged and sold. 

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Hold on to your seat

Because there is no room for error

As the masters of deception

Make all the arrangements

For you and for me. 

Faster and faster

We watch the scenery change

From good to bad

And from better to worse. 

The arrow of decision

Points where it will

Obviously deliberate 

Off the road

And over the ledge.