Even the sun's rays Cannot touch the cup That lies in my mind Waiting for me to find Something real
Take a step, when I land my heel Each time it touches the earth below me Something calls my attention Like the buzzing of a bee As I look about I notice tension All throughout my body Fear courses through my veins And is embodied in sound Footsteps echoing upon the ground Reminders of great pains Slipping through my fingers again like grains To pour down like powerful rains From an unforgettable storm
Sit by the fire Keeping me warm Cut the wire Sever it, block it out To no avail Error, fail Cannot shake it Louder than any shout Not one bit
Smother the screams Throw on a smile Don't let the darkness bleed through Hold your tongue Not all is as it seems Walk about a mile Understand what you thought you knew Remember that song they sung Those pretty little liars in your head How they would fill you with dread Well, they're all in your head So don't give them a voice Shut them up And put on a smile Act like they didn't spill that pretty little cup The oasis in your head Is simply that So wear a waterproof hat
Atomic seconds to seconds Seconds to minutes Minutes to hours Hours to days Days to weeks Weeks to months Months to years Years to decades Decades to centuries Centuries to millennium Going eventually to eternity But the reality of it is; All that's passed is a few minutes
Not all is as it seems Maybe Poe had it right; Maybe all we see or seem, Is but a dream within a dream
Reality is whatever we shape it to be for ourselves Some feel the have lost that control To shape their reality When the answer is right in front of them Day after day; You
You shape your own reality So long as it follows all of the rules, of course That bind together our lovely little world Ridden with horror and beauty alike Only time can help reveal which is which And what is real or false A picture or what's true.
- Jay M April 20th, 2020
Looked through my list of words, and picked three in a row for a title. The poem is based on the title.