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Crazy Glue and Cellophane


Stop lying to me
with your transparent words 
wrapped in cellophane.

We shadow-boxed with evil,
learned its trade,
let ourselves become consumed by evil
in order to defeat it.

We came back home
not as heroes,
but as broken souls.

Supposedly time heals all.

Crazy glue works decently,
without quite fully restoring
the original structural integrity
of things -
of bodies and minds.

The worst part about coming back home,
was having time to ponder again -
to realize that we merely evaporated
a single drop out of an ocean.

The more I pondered,
the more crazy glue was applied.

I pondered about how the concept 
of heaven and hell is misguided,
a trick for people to live in mediocrity,
to undermine the full potential of the now
by living in fear of misinterpreted words....

....putting all the chips on one number,
spinning the wheel,
and letting it ride on cruise-control.

Heaven and hell is in the now,
energy is eternal,
there is a back-door to everything.
I have entered and exited both concepts
many times already.

And I pondered about God.
Over and over again.

If there is a God,
did It turn a blind eye on us
when we martyred ourselves
in the name of evaporating one drop
out of so many trillions of drops?

Yeah, the joke was on us
when we took the risk;
put it all on Black 22 
with a trembling hand of double-standards.

But even so,
I finally sleep well at night,
see right through your words
wrapped in cellophane.






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  1. Date: 6/18/2013 6:27:00 PM

    You speak so eloquently for the masses of men and women who faced such hardships and try to return to a normal existence. A very haunting piece of work :)
  1. Date: 6/18/2013 12:03:00 PM

    I'm already impressed if you didn't have to look up cellophane to spell it--not sure if I ever saw it written, never mind as a poetic inspiration---Chris, per usual an extraordinary write but not surprising!!
  1. Date: 6/17/2013 5:41:00 PM

    Your much too smart for me Chris, I give you the medal of honor, you deserve it, Smile, Big hugs xxxVxxx
  1. Date: 6/16/2013 6:17:00 AM

    yup yup yup!!! Happy Father's Day Chris...... xox -------- PD
  1. Date: 6/15/2013 10:08:00 PM

    Very nice poem.
  1. Date: 6/14/2013 10:18:00 AM

    A maddening piece! This was massive & awesome! You asked some risky questions (IE: "If there is a God" stanza). You weren't afraid to throw the cards out there. Fantastic message here!
  1. Date: 6/13/2013 7:41:00 PM

    Such a write deserves to be pondered on I am glad you now sleep well at night, Thank you for sharing yourself through this poem xxx
  1. Date: 6/13/2013 2:49:00 PM

    Yes definitely martyrs not hereos..but it never end and it never stops..Yes heaven and hell.is now..Heaven was given to us and Hell-We ve created it..Very powerful poem Chris.I was missing your poems and glad you re posting again-Charma
  1. Date: 6/13/2013 1:47:00 PM

    I absolutely LOVE THIS ONE!!! I am putting it into my favs, and if it were possible, I would make it number 1 in my favs. Did you ever go to war, Chris? If not, you sure have captured it, homecoming, better than anyone else I've read before. hugs, Catie :)

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