You poised a gun to my head And raised a question And asked In simple terms Terms that humanity will understand no matter how far evolution takes them “Do you want to die” said your gun “Click” went your mouth and as the hour hand fell and grains of sand dropped like atomic bombs to the bottom of an hour glass that should have run out eons years ago You raised a gun to my head And poised a question
My hand it lifts to push away Yet it grabs and holds for sanity The castle that I live in has become a jail cell and my past has become my future “Teach me something new” said I “I don’t think I’ve ever died” I said And as I spoke you raised a gun and poised a question and the lever clicked and your mouth asked if I wanted to die and I said yes And you fired And I fell And you left And all is well For the blood spatter made some crimson wings I can fly with into tomorrows sunset where the future is only what I make of it and death is a myth because we have already died and in my final moments you Raised a question That humanity will never understand because they cannot die “Do you want to die?” Do you want to be removed from this everyday cycle where death brings life and reincarnation and I Want a way out And you You have the means to get me there and yet I cannot leave for you see I have so very much left to do here and she Is waiting in the wings With wings With wings For me
Humans cannot die for they are everlasting in this planet that keeps us asleep and dumb to the existence of the other worlds And we no longer believe in fairy tales No longer believe in angels When they fly into our rooms at night and whisper promises of freedom humans do not believe No longer can we feel the energy that flows in the soil and breathes in the branches and lives in the essence of each soul And Yes, we have a soul And Yes, I have a dream And Yes, you asked a question And Yes, I answered Yes “Do you want to die?” Yes, but that doesn’t change the fact that I’m stuck here Give me a few years and I’ll be back As someone else somewhere else with a new face and new memories But it will still be me And Humans have no humanity
You raised a gun And raised a question I poised my hand in thought and for a moment thought I could be free But justice has no liberty and we We Are stuck here On this planet in this place where they cannot reach us And she She is on the other side And so is she With the wings Them both They wait in the wings with wings with wings for me And he He is here as well But he Doesn’t not fly for humanity has taken away his wings and we are stuck here and the blood splatter is the only hope of wings we find And time Is irrelevant because we have all time All eternity But eternity was taken away
“Click” went your mouth “Do you want to die” went your gun And I look to the sun for an answer But she is silent She wants me by her side but he is lonely And I I have so much left to do here you see And we We are stuck In reincarnation we are doomed to live forever and never And never get out So won’t you help me get out
You raised your question with a “Click” and poised your gun with a “Do you want to die” and I said yes and you fired and I fell and you left and all is well but I am still here
Some words are not meant to be written. This is meant to be read aloud with emotion, conviction and diction. A Slam Poem.