Laboured breathing

between the beating of the heart

light and darkness

light and darkness

light and darkness

there I stand alone

knowing a little crack

gives way to shatter

I feel the future unfolding inside me

though I suppress it at every turn

until it becomes too much for one person to carry

as the world is weightless when there are no rules

I move forwards because I cannot remember the past

the beast of burden feeds upon broken senses

what's mine is yours even when it is destroyed and distorted

an indifference noted only in those who care to lie about living

once it is risked

it is lost

there is no need to understand action to avoid certainty

the mind falters where the heart soars

and the truth is told

the darkness never blinded us

just confused what was accepted and decent

on the word of another

morality is the god of man

death the insurance

you see without the divine grace of ethics

there is chaos

and in chaos one may find oblivion

forgetting all that was once known

being born anew

fear that they would not find themselves again

but who are we really to care about who we are now when we won't ever be that same person again because we digress into a stupefied state of hope

dreams that misery will end that life will last and peace is somewhere in love

but no hope is the aspiration of those without

misery is necessary life will end and peace was seduced and slain for lust parading as love

all that can be done will always change

but the truth will not

and that is the strength of the gods

the morality of man

the shadow over our hearts

the lights blind us.