THRESHOLD
I
have found myself at the threshold of love and hate Constriction
and release Push
and pull At
the mercy of judgment and ridicule Justice
and injustice Confined
to solitude On
the verge of living or giving up Resorting
to Settling
for Accepting Reluctantly Knowing
that it will forever be this way And
change will never come Oh
how have I come to this point The
point where sorrow meets joy Where
passion never sees the light of day And
uncertainty looms like fog While
dreams mirage in the dark “You
are here!” Read
the words that define your place That
mark your space And
that space is all the way over here Hiding
behind the façade In
the shadow Of
my imagination Only
seen through the eyes Of
the one who defines the vision As
other visions incision their way in To
alter what should be left alone And
now I stand for I alone At
the crossroads of indecision To
decide my fate To
account for my actions To
accept the names I’ve given myself To
claim responsibility for my destiny To
meet the mark I’ve set for myself By
being the person I was in control of all along To
whom do I owe thanks for this luxury suite For
this wonderful view of Illusion Who
do I thank for the round trip ticket to Island Reality Check Yours
truly of course Without
a doubt
Who
else could have customized the pain so fitting Made
to exact specification And
I too must be fallible Allowing
visitors to infiltrate my system With
their cunning disguises And
their ventriloquist tactics Like
a loud cackling whisper Gnawing
at me Like
an inner ear itch Taunting
me Singing
“You won’t catch me tonight” “I’ll
prove you wrong! You’ll see!” my insomnia roars Oh,
how I long for the simplicity my soul will never know For
I was born out of destiny to be complex But
oh what a tangled web we weave, When
we aim to just simply be As
the earth crumbles beneath my feet And
renders me helpless Now
I can only rely on soul On
spirit On
energy The
energy that keeps the air in breath Water
a flow Matter
in motion The
power Which I relinquished long ago |
If ever you’re lost Stop, look, listen, and let God Show you the way home |
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