Life In Harm's Way

A madman once told me his life story;

I'll refrain from going into details but

i'll try to get the message across in

any way I can as painlessly as possible.

Life is like a grim goodbye, 

you know that from "Hello,"

it had to end this way, but,

Love is like a mother's lie,

it comforts when it needs

to and it leaves you when

you realize

than nothing will ever be alright.

we all have to say goodbye someday,

and hope and faith are nothing more

than empty little promises,

I want to say we'll meet again,

but the truth is time

has this way of disappearing.

Nothing's going to be okay.

So trespass on hypocrisy

and shine a light on dirty feet

and bathe in in an open room

and warm them with a friendly seat;

don't show them it's an empty tomb

they've been waiting for all this time,

try to keep the tears from drowning 

everyone who's left to breathe today,

the flood is getting higher and 

the roof is not too far away.

And even as the gap is closed,

our screams are drenched

in silent prayers,

the whole damn world

is drowning now,

and no one really cares.

And no one got to say goodbye,

but as we flail so desperately

to find a way to drag life on

we finally notice, peacefully,

the bodies all around are still,

surrounded by an empty sea

of faces I have finally found

for me a way of escaping.

And to be alone,

just like the rest,

as my last breath slips away.

Reviews

[Just Kim]

deeply emotional. well written