I'd hoped you'd never know,
and I would never have to pretend
that everything is simple
when everything
is so insanely complex.
I'd hoped I'd never feel this
coming down around me,
and have to grasp to understand
that some things
are only difficult
through necessity.
I want to do the best for
everyone, in a situation
that is not right for anyone...
I want to stand in the face
of this reckless default
and hold up
all of the falling, failing
words that no-one
ever has the strength to say anymore.
I can only hold you
as high as my arms will reach
after this pedestal crumbles
I will find,
that we are all quite the same
in our ignorance... in our nonchalance.
we are all just wanderers
who choose, if only for a moment
to settle where it feels right-
and to pick up and leave again
at the first sign of spiritual decay. |