Heartless Soul
Mean spirited and conniving his manipulative voice
Thunders around in my ears, sending mystified sound
parachuting in the atmosphere, "let things stay as they
are"the old voice on its dying bed rumbles behind
the phone and a voice that is so familiar secretly feeding
him with fiesty words, words that are not encouraging
Words designed to block my plans even though I have
the upper hand.I listened with curiousity and respond
with anxiety, but nothing seems to stop his breath from
The secret voice that his playing with his senial mind
I have been asking for help since I got here to take
Care of things that are beyond repair but the sun
comes and burn me out and destiny gathers around
me with a loud and boisterous shout.How much more
do I have to bear this pain, how much more do I have
To stand this shame? how much more do I have to
Stand this hunger of a cult like culture designed to
make people suffer? the knife and fork was not his
will and the boiling pot stands firm on the window sil
It has been one year since I have been
standing here and I have so much to share
I have been supressing this burning desire
But there is no one to satisfy this year long hungar
I want to go but no one wants to end this show
The days and nights are very hot and my spirit
weeps when it travel out into the deep.
A mystical sound is rumbling under my feet and the dying
Sound is playing ping pong on the old man's door
beating and knocking pounding and squeezing
from the frownsy sweat that is wrapped up in
his heartless bed.The way he reason on the phone
makes him look like a musical clown
spewing out empty words with no balance
Words that lack substance and words that defys
and polorize the heart of everyone
Not a bit of compassion could make you sympathize
with his silly outburse that rattles at my spirited door
The people are back on the street in droves
And everyone is mingling in the corona crowd
and noisy sound of human traffic is pounding my
heartbeat but my innate thoughts continue to
dig very deep, and at the very depth of my soul
I muster a courage that is very bold to defeat
The annoyance of that heartless soul.
Oh how much I want to leave this place
Oh how much I want to see your shining face
Two hearts will meet when this journey is complete
And the earth will tremble at the age old misery
And alas the green bucket will overturn and drain
The sorrows from the empty shore
The heartless soul of.a man is hanging from
With an open tomb before him.
Copyright © Christine Phillips | Year Posted 2020
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