Author: admin

Misplaced perceptions
traditional glue
holding back feelings
too good to be true
arms length transactions
erasing the past
controlled stagnation
sails at full mast

Paintbrush smiles
on grey canvas vessels
paintbrush hearts
in locked up kennels
paintbrush souls
searching for space
to push away roles
they just can't embrace

People in places
washing cold hands
filling up spaces
on brick covered lands
hopelessly staring
in silent despair
at mountains of molehills
that aren't really there

Waiting in line
pretending to smile
replacing emotions
with hints of denial
holding the torch
knowing this will pass
as sparks of remembrance
spill from my glass

Wide awake
sleepwalking through time
eyes only seeing
unconnected to the mind
mountains below
fields overhead
gravity pulling
upwards instead
existing to breath
thinking to exist
knowing what's waiting
ahead in the mist

Wrapped in virtual storms
of calculated satisfaction
blackmailed by hidden wavelengths
of manipulative distraction
ignoring the feelings
of uncomfortable bliss
controlled by the lure
of a digital kiss

I've wrapped my head
around mountains of time
transformed meadows of grief
into mountains of rhyme
walked slowly through passages
gloomy and stark
as sweating cold caverns
embraced the warm dark
shed light on the pain
the experts all say
as if moving forward
was the primitive way

Our minds encapsulate
and control us
deciding which paths we take
and which ties we break
floating endlessly
on pillows of fear and grace
laughing sadly 
at the empty space