I Took a Walk

My mind empty as my bank account. Thoughts and worries squeezed out. I shuffle along a neighborhood street. No memories do I secrete. I stare at my shoes, and the concrete. No destination my goal. Mere movement for movement's sake. There's some rich new embarrassment Preparing to burst forth As a puss filled infestation of confusion. Each day walking gets harder Each day caring get harder All my thoughts off key My whole life out of tune. Retreat to my bunker. Viscous guard dogs patrol. Electric fence of disdain Surround the outer barbed wire fence The tall wall next, guarded by fanatical defenders. In the courtyard, seemingly placed as almost as a joke, A small olive tree does evoke The insanity of it all Down 15 flights of bomb-proof Armoured stairs, beneath a mountain of reinforced concrete. Through sense detectors, sliding barriers, bullet proof Barring escaping defectors Finally to my worn linen throne Meaningless posters and flags Draped on a solid wall destined To be crumbled in defeat... My regime destined to the eternal damnation for which I'd worked so hard. The shakes come from within, As well as the bomb blasts above. I have taken my last walk. I left my mark upon this world. One that decades will be required to erase..