Free Fall

Free Fall                 10/13/2016

Sliding metal

Locks into place

Swinging on a hinge

Sideways and shut.

With no way in

And no way out

The evil of the heart

Wet, Sticky, and black.

Unable to lose

And unable to bend

Burning everything down

In a twisted, spasm of rage. 

A dead ender

Long on the run

Doing all they can

While they can. 

Deceiving who they will

And burning them all up

Used and abused

All the way up

And all the way down. 

Chewed up in war

Or stabbed in the spine

The unconscious meat

Sliding on the ice.

We have all walked through it

Whether we understood or not

The terrible pageant of deception

Mere pawns in the play. 

And many have sought escape

And buried their head

In their hands

Desperate to sleep. 

We count their names

And pass the coin

Each one to say goodbye

The long way around. 

Daily life

Drags on

But we were born

To see this through

Turning twice

Or turning blue.

Held in place

And trapped in time

Cascading downward

Head over heels.