Every stranger on the street
has sunk deep into the night *at least once,
or twice*, and I'd wager
that at times their thoughts have unfurled
into black dishrags soaking up
the insignificant amounts
of vivacity-
pouring pride into the sewer,
praying desperately to recover.
Eventually, time pries a crack
into the soul, and peels back
the skin of morality until the lines
no longer meet and the mind
reels- searching for the baseline
of sanity- *save me, someone
save me*.
Oct 27, 2014
Oct 27, 2014 at 5:58 PM UTC
Every stranger on the street
has sunk deep into the night *at least once,
or twice*, and I'd wager
that at times their thoughts have unfurled
into black dishrags soaking up
the insignificant amounts
of vivacity-
pouring pride into the sewer,
praying desperately to recover.
Eventually, time pries a crack
into the soul, and peels back
the skin of morality until the lines
no longer meet and the mind
reels- searching for the baseline
of sanity- *save me, someone
save me*.
Watching politics, don't forget that while everyone may not experience the fine-focus lens of media, we are equally deceiving.
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