Wednesday, January 21, 2009

overanalytical

We talk as a precursor 
To nothing that 
We swear will mean something - 
Someday.
We ponder and debate
About the "What Ifs" and
Life's mysterious ways - 
Inconclusively.
We scream and yell and cry
And fight
But swear it's for the better - 
It's not.
We lie to others and to ourselves
To make our dreams come to life.
A dream we've chased for years - 
Mistakes.
We toss and turn and swear it
Was worth everything;
Our dignity, our hearts, our innocence -
Destroyed.
We lie in tatters, arm-in-arm,
Blithe amidst our destruction.
History, our constant companion,
Repeats.
  

rockets

undeniably tangled in a web of
propulsion,
i unknowingly strap my life to
rockets
whose designs weave unknown 
riddles to my forecast - 
each jolt designed momentarily
as i rise -
where known only to tomorrow is 
the forecast of today,
filled with wisdom far beyond the
landscape of the moment.