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 Dead or Alive                                               10/29/2020

 

 Dead or alive 

We walk backwards 

Through broken

Mirrors

Shatter remains

Jagged and painful. 

I walked in tandem 

and I walked alone

Through concrete canyons

Steel, glass, and chiseled stone.

Learning how to walk 

And learning how to breathe

One foot in front of the other 

Treading water

Swimming in place.

A flat fish dying 

Floating on the side

Without hope 

Mouth open 

Speechless and dead.

Under glass 

Cut off 

And cut down 

Food for others 

Unaware and dumb.

Listening to their conversation

Fake smiles 

And casual wit

Vacuous and shallow 

Judgemental and wrong.

 

Left for dead 

In a thousand pieces  

Barely alive 

Dead on a plate.  

They notice not 

That I have survived

Forgotten as meat 

Chewed and swallowed. 

Bled dry 

For nothing 

But convenience 

And cut off 

Just for taste.

 

Gone out 

In silence 

They forget

Me quick  

Unworthy of memory

or honor.  

Imagine their surprise 

When they see me again

Ahead and above 

Over and atop.

The spirit burns 

From a tiny spark

An ember from 

The burning heart of God.

He will repay

And his words

I shall speak

Across the field 

The race is won!

 

The pieces on a plate

The forgotten one