Jesus Loves You But I Don'T
Follow the darkness
Through a brightly lit tunnel casting beams of white
I can feel the pulse of electricity all around me
A quiet buzz like that you get off a six pack
We followed our dreams
And, it's all meant nothing up until this point
Think we'll wake up after this?
Maybe one day in the heart of winter
We'll wake up in thick blankets of snow
Pockets of deep sleep melted our dreams as we opened our eyes
Street lights shattered the falling snowflakes individualities
Casting boring prisms into the night sky
Salt stains and fingerprints littered the glass of abandoned car windows
I noticed we were following paths of others footsteps that passed before us
I stopped and began walking the other way
I didn't say a word to anyone when I turned around
It was a silent death
That in which my footsteps echoed with loneliness
The snowflakes turned crimson red
And, showered the broken pavement in painful rose pedals
Littering the red velvet ground all around me
It was significant
Just as significant as when I chose to walk alone
It was beautiful, though
Only if the others could open their minds and cast themselves out their color blind reality
And, vision a selfless path leading them out of their opaque truth
Copyright © Jared Kent | Year Posted 2020
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