The Saboteur Comes Calling

  With nothing of gain, to send home

In support of mine

I thread the bane of my existence,

through the eye of time.

  With nothing of gainful employ,

To show I truly tried.

I anguish all the while

With only myself to blame.

  With an eventual lack of attention,

The saboteur comes calling in back of mind.

Searching evidently, only within myself,

To find what causes this deception?

  I can't go back, nor dare look forward,

To stand stagnant on the edge of reason.

The saboteur does all he can,

To condemn failure to his treason.

  In due time, the course will come, 

And the path will find itself.

But I will go not blindly to the call,

Nor stumble at his feet. 

  I'll cling the path, not so straight,

Nor narrow can I walk.

Yet still I hear the saboteur,

Calling out the mock.

  In back of mind, that thing I find, 

It takes its cursed tole.

Haunting every orifice,

Until it reaches its cursed goal. 

  Must find a way to barrow time, 

To increase my span of it.

Prize out the, that saboteur,

You're clogging up my mind.

  

Reviews

[Kenneth The Poet]

The Saboteur reminds me of Satan. Again, a pleasant read.

[ChaoticSoul]

I think you mean you're* at the end, and did you mean borrow instead of barrow? (don't mind my grammar nazi habits). I really like the idea of this poem. It's very interesting and has a good structure.

[CHRIS ANDES]

pure and lyrical..

[Ruth]

Yes, indeed...the thoughts and mind swamped with such always leave us disjointed! Great poem love xoxo

[Walk away slow poet]

So very nicely done, I enjoyed this write, love the ending

[Lily Mae]

I'm loving this for sure..and that saboteur...grrr it does have a bad habit of clogging the mind..xx

[joshua deathdealer]

This is awesome. I love the way this is written. Well done. Fabulous read.

[AJ Kristiansen]

Loved "I thread the bane of my existence through the eye of time"... fabulous! Excellent write! Those grawing voices we all have that sabotage our good feelings about ourselves... well described and the pace was very good too! Great work!

[BlueDreams]

Great write Buddy... i Appreciate it... :-)