Once was,
Now isn't.
Miss it?
Nostalgia cripples,
Memory hinders.
And yet,
Present slithers;
Future withers.
What's gone
For which
You long?
Once was,
Now isn't.
Miss it?
Nostalgia cripples,
Memory hinders.
And yet,
Present slithers;
Future withers.
What's gone
For which
You long?
One can't be tough and beautiful...
Though one must be both
To be anyone at all.
The powers declare,
"You can be a dung beetle, or a butterfly.
"There is no in-between."
But I've seen the most exquisite lepidoptera
Drinking salt like nectar
From a puddle of piss.
And have you ever see the afternoon sun
Glint like a beacon from the unfurled wings
Of a dung beetle, taking flight
After a hard day of rolling up bullshit?
The beckoning twilight
Entices you beyond these walls
To the open sky, variegated and dynamic
Shifting shades like the leaves
Not green to yellow, but blue to black
Where holistic hues mingle
Melt together, fade away
Lost in the in-between
Only to find themselves among the stars.