Eye Level

Eye Level   1/25/2017

You can lose almost everything

And still remain undefeated

And you can suffer a world of shame

And hold your head high. 

Dead level ahead

And more determined than ever

The humble inheriting the treasure

Overflowing forever. 

I also felt the barbs

And I also felt the sting

Deep in the heart

Rejected and alone. 

An indifferent cruelty

That cut me in half

Doubled down

And doubled over. 

Unable to sleep

And unable to forget

The shame of defeat

Ever present

Every hour

And every day. 

Gone in a day

Like I had never lived at all

The stunning indifference

Of shallow fools. 

They traveled the easy path

Took the money and ran

Coasting downward

With a fake smile

All for the money

And all for fun.

Someone had to pay the price

And someone had

To shoulder the debt

Crushing me

And crushing you. 

Many are those

Who skip and whistle

Unaware and dumb

Play acting life

On their way to the end. 

Do not let

The end find you wanting

And do not pretend

That it’s okay

For nothing is hidden

That will not be revealed. 

Don’t wait another minute

For now is the time

To make amends

Coming out of guilt

And foolish regret. 

Get away from

What is evil

And choose to do

What is right

Now and forever

Away from darkness

And into the light. 

The Black Lagoon

The Black Lagoon           1/24/2018

Murky, warm, and fetid

Deep, dark, and Moldy  
Sucking down 

And gurgling up. 

Home to the snake

And home to the rat

Swarming with insects

And debilitating disease. 

Full of parasites

And sycophants

Drooling for blood

And preferential position. 

Sucking down

Any and all

To eat their flesh

Clear to the bone.  

Much has been lost

But the secret remains

All from one

And one from all. 

Hidden inside

The last surviving good

A remnant of hope

Hunted and hated. 

And that is why

They want us dead

Not just for money

And worldly power. 

For that they have

By their empty souls

Picked by loyalty

And sworn to Satan.

Do not look back

But only to the light

For many have fallen

By promises

And greed. 

Lean on the Lord

Safe under his wing

Holding his hand

In darkness

And despair. 

He shall deliver

In less than an hour

Victory from death

And justice from horror. 

 

Spies Like Them

Five Eyes           1/19/2018

Looking in

And looking out

Anything to win

And anything to steal.

Above, beyond

Untouchable

And corrupt

Nothing but evil

Top to bottom

Fake, evil, and dumb.

Covered up

And covered over

Watching over

Sight, sound,

And words.

Illegal and immoral

The soulless roaches

At the top of the pile

Always listening

And always watching.

Hidden by the complicit

And supported by fools

The hordes of followers

And imported tools.

Smug and self-absorbed

Sure of victory

And inevitable control

Over reaching out of hatred

And childish contempt.

But God is alive

And he also watches

Everything

And everyone. 

At the last second

Of the last hour

On the last day

Of the very last year

The witness was heard

And blessed.

Call down the fire

And pray ceaselessly

For truth

Raining down inside the soul

Eyes open

And fully awake.

Protect the good

And expose the evil

Where ever they hide

And whoever they are.

Growth is never easy

And learning comes with pain

The stretching of the spirit

And transformation

Of the soul.

Choose now

Who it is

That you will serve

For sooner than we think

Midnight comes.

Deeper

Deeper           1/11/2018

Tick tock

Drip drop

Under the water

And out of sight.

The hidden truth

Punching out pinholes

Almost unnoticeable  

In the dark dead of lies. 

Needles in space

Hidden from view

All but for those who search

And seek.    

But the dead cannot see

And the dark do not listen

Shallow, soulless

And willfully blind. 

A false faith

In man

And death

The foolish followers

Of oblivion. 

Embracing evil

And savaging the good

All of it for favor

And false approval. 

Trading away

The most priceless treasure

All of it for something

Gone in an hour. 

Heads on a pedestal

Untouchable and shallow

Looking through

And looking down

Arrogant, hateful,

Dumb and dead.

Installed

And promoted

Positioned and excused

The fake achievers lauded

Over nothing at all. 

Plumed with baubles

They prancing like peacocks

In love with how they speak

Practiced and fake.    

Overgrown

And overfed

Full of themselves

Predictable and dead. 

Leadership material

For the managerial elite

Clamoring for something

That was never real at all. 

Let the light

Come forth

And shatter the darkness

At once and forever

Eternal and true. 

Freeland

Freeland                1/4/2018

Once I felt human

But now I am a rag

Less than a worm

Crawling over glass.

It didn’t happen overnight

That I was discarded

Excluded by degrees

And shoved out the door.

Traded away

For temporary convenience

And kicked down the path

Of least resistance.

Indifferently dismissed

Out of familiarity

For all purposes

Forgotten Posts

And estranged.  

Switched off like a light

And crossed off the page

In a single solitary flourish

Totally erased

Like I never lived at all.

Stained on my forehead

And indelibly marked

Like an unwanted heap

Of odious refuse.

I tried to scrub it off

But I could never shed

This suit of skin

Weighed, measured

And dismissed out of hand. 

Time streams endlessly

Though the numberless hours

As we inch forward

One foot in front of the other.

Wounds heal

And scars fade

But regardless of distance

The shame endures

And always remains. 

Instantly recalled

By the smallest

Of happenstances

The humiliation of rejection

Sharp and painful. 

Unforgettable the loss

Total and catastrophic

The destruction of worlds

That we once knew. 

So what are we to do

With feelings such as this?

Awkward, painful

Jagged and raw.

For me

It took a long time

To fully grasp and know

That I had to turn it over

The other way around. 

To pick it all up

And turn it in

To something else

The indomitable courage

To grow. 

If you have lost everything

Then now you are free

Free to do anything

Regardless of threat

Or punishment. 

Free to speak the truth

And free to walk away

Leaving evil to its nature

Drowning in blood. 

Shout it loud

Without equivocation

Unafraid

And unashamed. 

Anything is possible

For the courageous

And the few

If they are willing to stand

For what is right

And what is true.