Even Stars Explode
"Flaring nostrils...
Eyes, slits of anger-
Pouting mouth
of disbelief....
How could this be?
How have I sinned?
Where are-
My sons...?
My friends..?.
My curiousity-
is in awe-
Abandoned-
Like a sinking ship...
Even the rats
Run from me....
What is my sin?
Being too human?
In a money-laden
World of sh__
No thread of love
Seems to evade
The wallet
No sense
But of self-concern,
Do I see...
I'm no better,
Or wasn't...
Till my eyes
Were ripped open
By misfortune,
And betrayal...
Alone in my room-
Memories mist about me...
Vapors of the past...
Do others-
Have vapors too?
Where is the love
The golden tongued
Promises of old-
Grasping feverishly...
In sinful delight...
Dream-like, these memories
They serve me no good-
For they are,
Like the contrast
On a TV set...
What is...
What isn't...
What could have been...
What is likely..
It's hot-
Flies swarm about,
There is no
Toilet paper
To wipe away,
This sh__
of a life...
There is no lipstick,
You can put,
On this pig
Of a life
To change it
It is what it is
It will stay what it is...
I sleep alone-
Dream of the Past
Miss those I've lost
And wonder-
Wonder-
Wonder-
Does anyone miss me?
Seems unlikely
My phone is dumb-
The horns of hell
Ring in my ears
Stars are born...
Stars explode...
Galaxies collide-
Of what little-
Consequence-
Is this_
Ruptured life?
Once I sat
Next to the sea
I saw...
The awesome moon
I sent my mind...
Into a field..
of stars
Stars are born...
Stars explode...
Some twinkle out...
Into white dwarves-
Or collapse
Upon themselves...
Into Black Holes...
I seem to
be-
A collapsing sun-
Ready to implode-
Into the Black Hole-
Of nothingness-
Saddest part is-
No one will care-
Not even me!
It is what it is...
So it goes...
Maybe soon
To see...
My beloved
parents
once more."
Copyright © Tom Bell | Year Posted 2007
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