This Changes Everything
There's a darkness in the tone
of the steps that you take -
Like subtle singularity for fools in your wake,
And wouldn't it be nice to break out?
For instance, I saw a star tonight...
It was mostly flickering and distant -
But a Strange stir was what sent
Potent chills from spine to toes and back:
And deep inside of me, from an
unprecedented Hollow in my soul,
That star called out as a request -
For help or justice, I do not know.
What I can tell you now,
It wouldn't take much longer than those steps
for the elapsed time to force a full collapse,
And wouldn't it be nice to break out?
For instance, I moved a stone tonight,
with nothing but my mind,
The powers were within, around, behind,
And every step I took it drained completely -
And completely drained my spirit
of the necessary evils
Which controlled my every action
And reaction, And Action, And . . .
There's a floating, towering hole;
A glorious glance, at least at first,
and a mighty sweep of hands
Took my feet from underneath me,
And vertigo ensued,
A meaningless
Strange
Hollow
Sense
of the Strangest
and Stranger Yet,
but
what we were.
And wouldn't it be nice to break out?
Copyright © Joshua Michael Dolezal | Year Posted 2010
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