Lead And The Sky

by Matthias L. - Capricorn

I wonder if that face of yours
Saw just the same as mine;
Witnessed all those tiny parts
Bullet holes in point-blank range

Another streak of misfortune
In a game you were not ever meant to win
Tunnels in the ceiling
Of an almost empty world

That, after taking in so much
Returns with one dark thought
That without many means 
To give a second chance

Enters my mind, just like it did
With many others before
Disguised as a key for the helpless
A cure for an itch

I still feel it calling
I still hear its screams
From the broken angle
Of a dreamer on watch

Still through the distance
It's an unsettling tune
Calling the piper 
To collect all his dues

At the same time I see
"There's no other way"
That's what you thought
Before turning away

Before turning back
Black into green
Forgetting the light
Through the dark in your dreams

Departure is nearing
On a station for none to use
No voice to stop you
So don't hold back

What I watch is past progressing
Into the perpetual motion
Of someone with no means to end the circle
But means to leave the game 

Embracing your ticket
For a journey to freedom
On lead and the sky
A weightful decision

A little more pressure
Then dream ever lightly
Finally,

   as black

       turns to
 
               red.
Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2002-01-08 19:40:26
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:45:33
Poem ID: 66608

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