The Shades

 Shades                          3/8/2016

There is the me

That you see

And then

There is the part

Existing somewhere else.

The shade of existence

Somewhere in space

Projecting me downward

Into what you see

And know. 

A prisoner inside flesh

And an avatar for the soul

A seat in which to walk

Live through and act.

Living through choices

In a closed matrix

Unable to escape

Until the riddle is solved.

Seen from above

Outside of known measurement

In a dimension

I can feel

But cannot see. 

Some do not question

And some can only feel

Victims of their emotions

Happy, sad,

Angry or content. 

The gift so life

Is often forgotten

As we take for granted

Everything we see. 

A carefully constructed paradise

Lost to vanity and pride

Renewed by sacrifice

Perfect and free. 

We have forgotten

The promise

And for a false safety

We have forgotten the truth.

Giving up the responsibility

To guard our hearts

As we second guess ourselves

Into oblivion. 

But we were already told

What it was

We would do

As we fall into our own destruction

Foolish, forgetful,

Fearful, and sad.

Forgetting every warning

We wander in a trance

Fixated on all the wrong things

Deluded and dumb.

The window closes

And the time grows near

For all pretensions to fall

And all lies revealed.

The ground rumbles

And sky cracks

Each a sign for the shades

Flickering in our eye.

The weak point is nigh

And soon they will strike

To get all they can

While they can. 

If you are ready

Stay ready

And if you have faith

Pray.