Trainwreck

Introducing

The character

Who changes nothing -

Who enters stage left -

Plays the part,

Says the soliloquy,

Then leaves the stage

Amidst the scattered applause.

Dreaming

Of one day

Being the part

That changes the fate

Of everyone -

Of everything -

But knowing that

Waking

From the dream

Is a death worse than

Death itself -

For at least in the temporary sleep,

There is a guarantee of

A dream, but the

Sentencing

Of a lifetime of dreams,

Only to be faced with

An eternity of nothing

Is worse than having

No dreams at all.

Medicating

The physical, only to harm

The spiritual, and never to

Help the mental or the emotional -

No, the medications only save

A certain aspect,

The physicality of

The character, and never

The character himself.

Purging

The bad, only to

Release it into the air

Around you, to latch

Onto those you care about.

Relapsing,

Allowing the evil

To return to hide inside,

Knowing that if it lies

Within you, it cannot harm

Everyone else.

Recovering,

Taking control of the vices

And letting them live -

But not thrive -

So that the good may

Occasionally win the day.

Composing

The sweet melodies,

Singing them to the air,

So that your

Disintegrating

Self may experience happiness

Before falling and careening

Ever lower.

Healing

One last time -

Allowing yourself

One last hope -

Before finally collapsing

Into the darkness and

Dying.

Author's Note

The title is taken from a Boys Night Out album - the bolded words are the name of the songs on that album.

Reviews

[Andromeda]

wonderful as always.