beyond the light
Posted: May 12th, 2006, 8:25 pm
too late to understand
early for death
too tired for effort
wired for rest
i put the question
to you
to answer as best
as you can
beyond the daylight
is the darkness
and behind that
an even darker light
the meaning of a dream
you've been
having since childhood
only becomes apparent now
everyone is gone
except for the animals in the attic
and they are starting to fight
one another fiercely
the sound accelerates
and then subdues
inaudible screams ringing
in your mind's ears:
hell is
what happens to paradise
over
time.
early for death
too tired for effort
wired for rest
i put the question
to you
to answer as best
as you can
beyond the daylight
is the darkness
and behind that
an even darker light
the meaning of a dream
you've been
having since childhood
only becomes apparent now
everyone is gone
except for the animals in the attic
and they are starting to fight
one another fiercely
the sound accelerates
and then subdues
inaudible screams ringing
in your mind's ears:
hell is
what happens to paradise
over
time.