Parody of Time

Venturing further into the futurePlunging headlong into unknown placesHesitant or brave we face a joined pathThe result is always the sameBurden by a future without choiceCondemned to face what is aheadInto eras that make no sense Time becomes a parodyA cruel imitation of itself Similar but infinitely differentUntil years lose their meaningAnd dates are utterly senselessKeeping time …

Shelf people

God’s shelf people wait,They desire their turn.People longing for a chance,To end their days of yearning.While there they pray,For an opportunity to leave.God placed them there long ago,And left them behind.Now they wonder and watch a world,They no longer participate in.Longing for their time,When they might contribute again.Until then they ask,What are you saving me …

Places you’ll never return to

Places you once tread upon Now empty of your presence Locations you often returned toYou filled them with special momentsOnes that helped to make youNow you dwell there no moreRemaining devoid of your presenceOnly filled with memories Waiting for you to pass byDid you intend to return?Your silence only remainsRepresenting your life before Do those floors miss your steps?What …

Foolish Wisdom

Anxious silence that ravages the death,Of One innocent soul.Lost in the pain of separation,A body bends and breaks.From shattered innocence emerges suffering,On the One who learned the meaning of humanity.To live in anguish and torment through time,Understanding what curses the human soul.Such tortured souls these mortals are,That Divinity must suffer too!Twisted are the sons and …

Don’t Mourn the Past

Note: Originally posted on engagedliminality.org Should you mourn the past?  To lament for what might have been. Remembering the pathways unpursued.  The could’ve, would’ve, and should’ve of life’s potentialities. Piecing together the riddles of before.  Unsolvable they remain, puzzles unexplored.   What do you see when you look back?  Lost opportunities you’ll never have again.  Despairing over what …