Poetry

To sound grateful

or happy

when with family

even though inside

you really would

rather

be anywhere

but here

The circle continues

Unbroken

Forever winding its way

past all the things seen before

New things will be added

but the results will be the same

Nobody believes the signs

and so we come again to the place

where lives get lost

and people close their eyes

to the horrors they helped create

It is like a train wreck

you can see about to happen.

The tracks are destroyed

and the train has no way to slow down!

Not in time.

We all know what will happen

if the bad guy wins.

Yet, we can not see how to stop them.

Because even deflecting or derailing the train

won’t help.

It is too far down the tracks now.

Vacations are fun

But now they are over

The airplane is waiting

To take me back home

The memories made

The friends old and new

Will tide me over until the next time

I get blue

Socially Anxious

Scared

But fascinated

Watching

Wanting

Unable to ask

Greeting

Or Fleeing

Warring within

Fear

Desperation

Sometimes win

Sometimes I dream

Other times I wander

Often I return

And vaguely do I remember

But most of the time

Heaven is hell bent

The extremes.

The thrills.

The chance of failure.

All of it builds

and yet it does nothing to satisfy

the craving of adventure

Where will it end?

Even death is no longer a morbid factor

when every decision made

is based on whether life could be lost or not.

So adrenaline seekers continue

to push their mortal envelopes

and the ones in their boxes of comfort

watch inexporably.

When it fails spectacularly

There is always consequences

Like people being angry

Or having to deal with mechanical problems

Most seem to forget

that sometimes it is not an excuse

but they use it anyway

Things need to be done.

Time is running out!

Procrastination will only make it worse.

Yet I don’t feel like doing it.

Well, eventually it will get done.

Just, maybe, not today?

A cunning glance

That ominous wink

Before a small smirk

Gives a spiny chill

Hearsay gathers weight

Rumours are bounced around

And all is said before departure

Begins a new headline