– It offered so much hope –
Now it’s death again from above
And we can’t pretend anymore
To be children pulling up daisies
When the war is out in the open
Although few of its victims will look
To see the scars that streak the blue
And those of us who do doubt
There is strength in knowing
Maybe the truth must fester in silence
For all the harm that comes from speaking
Maybe ignorance is the best defense
It’s the devil you know that hurts you
The one you can thank for the pain
You otherwise would not feel
How it sets you apart
From everyone and everything
Makes the way back long
To where you lost yourself
The insanity of being alone
Is in direct proportion to
The astonishing ineluctable divinity
Of your being
It’s long but fulfilling
To lose the heroes you never chose
To learn to stay on friendly terms
With a world that is your enemy
To find the flowers come from your eyes
And not that empty vending cart …
How funny, in that simple shift
No feeling
Has been lost
No compassion sacrificed
The universe of consequence blinked
Not at all
