Friday, November 16, 2007

Rise

Sometimes ending it seems the simplest
Solution
Such a sublime finality
To stop the suffering
And let it all go
Poof!
A gunshot
A wrist cut
Blood draining out of you
Freedom from
Your mortal shell
Free from your solitude
Escape from your worries
Sleep, perchance to dream
Gone, gone the form
Of man
This corpse shall
Ne'er arise again.

Why waste a precious
Second, minute, hour, day?
Infinity is but
An overdose away.
Breathe in your last
Breath
Release your grip
From the mortal plane
Embrace the vastness
Of the undiscovered
Country.

Love has nothing to do
With how you feel,
Regret has gone
The way of pride
What has shame
Got to do
When your Ego
Has no place
To hide?

Let go, let go
It would be too easy
So final
So sweet
Akin to just taking
A quiet stroll
On a white sand beach:
Taste the salty air
Feel the warmth of the breeze
Gaze at the sunset
Cherish it,
Would it be
So much sweeter
If it were your last!

Are you a coward
For saying such things?
Are you an outcast
Like Cain, Judas, or
Morningstar?
When have you gone
a smidgen
Too far?
Where is the snag
On the tightrope
You walk?
Who, if anyone,
Dares to fly
So close to the sun?

Laugh at those ants,
Fools mortals be!
Don't they know
Life's no big
Mystery.
It flows like a
River
downstream
endlessly
Past the troughs
And crests of
Mortality.
The cataracts of
Despair, conceit
And treachery,
Its source is high
On the mountain
Of faith
And its estuaries
Lead to a boundless
Ocean.

Along the river banks
One will meet
Such wondrous
Souls
And memorable loves,
Kind warm faces
Noble spirits
Places I remember
Loves never regretted
What a journey!
A short thread
Of cosmic happenstance
Beautiful
Pure
Never to be
Repeated
Again . . .

So allow It to end
Or continue to fall
Whatever you decide
It's not your
Decision
At all.
You shall one day
Later or sooner
Find that there
Are no more
Miles
to travel.

So,
Rise
Fight
Run
Make love
Dance under the moon
Drink and be merry
Cheat, steal,
Fornicate
Hate
Shit, piss
Stay up late,
Kiss, caress
Watch her undress
Wake up
Dream
Bang your drums
And let them know
that you stand
Here, now
Not ready to go.

Make your mark
Cover your dirty fingers
With your money
Chastise those
Who don't have any.
Fill it up
Fill her up
Wage your wars
Plunder and rape
Take her out
On a romantic date.

Let it be
Or end it now

Desire a good death
Since no one
Is ever
Promised
A good life.

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