straight into tomorrow

In this vast void of life
is not loss enough
for the hungry jaws of fate
and what is left to take
we have nothing 
and you come knocking
waiting at our door
you vicious birds of prey 
that would devour
all that I don't have 
and my sleeping hour

every road slants up from here
yet I am cascading downward
spiraling through mazes
I am displaced
when faced with this
wretched state of being

and yet 
I open my eyes some how wider
than I ever have before
I never thought to ask for more
but I see between the lines
above the clouds
outside my mind
the here and now looks to me just like 
the illusion that I know it is
as my thoughts begin to give flight
to this state that I call life

is this the only way to 
have true sight?

must I be wrapped in darkness 
to see without my eyes 
to know more than the lies
of this wasted realm
with this sense of spirit ever heightened
never was I so enlightened 
till I stepped within
this darkness vast
and suddenly see past
all that I once thought 
was real and solid
need I accept this knowledge
or just go on
with what I knew before
I saw beyond the door
of pain and desperate sorrow
straight into tomorrow


Charity July 2005