Roll Credits

Ambient light flickers in the recesses of oblivion
final chatter came and went 
credits rolled or that's what I'm told
not knowing what mattered
heaven or hell who's to tell
in a slanted slope of twisted truths

Stunned in silent rewind 
pressing buttons to postulate photo shopped grounds
ever changing in shadowed sound
the beast suffocating the free
safely the shepherd howls

Cornered on a cliff with eyes closed
grasping at hay 
entitled to untie the boots of ancestral grey
matter of facts don't lie
amongst heroes in the sky

Awake from that celestial dream
where love was never seen
and into open arms backwards lean
trusting of others this inevitable fate
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Robinson Jr. Avatar
November 19, 2016 at 11:46 AM
A very compelling and thought provoking poem, Tim. Good mental exercise on this existential treadmill incline. Is a fade to black or a step into the light ending? Only God knows, right. Love this poem though. Love and joy to you, my poetic friend.
Sergi Avatar
November 17, 2016 at 12:56 PM
Hi Tim: Very heavy and profound. I loved this poem! GREAT WRITE!
Turner Avatar
November 15, 2016 at 4:12 PM
What is the truth, Tim? You'll have to forgive my skepticism.
Vaso Avatar
November 15, 2016 at 2:53 PM
Cryptic and full of deeper meanings, I like this poem!!!
Larson Avatar
November 15, 2016 at 1:56 PM
An outdoor perspective of how our nature's intertwine in looking for faith and forgiveness, of simple oneness, of wholeness through our windows of compassion, somehow wiped clean of our perspective, then finding love . . . again!
Green Avatar
November 15, 2016 at 1:37 PM
This is quite dark and deep Tim and has a fell of desperation to it. Not sure what all we can hide fun or run from, even after the credits have rolled, there is still images that will follow along relentlessly. Nicely crafted my friend.
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