Give me a reason

Give me a reason

To remain earthbound

When so much happens

Outside of the realm of the everyday,

I heard you say,

At least I thought it was you

Until the truth dawned,

Not as intensely as a sun

There was no great awakening

Incandescent burning

Stealing half shadows

Or darkness taking flight.

Intimacy is as fleeting as wispy wraiths

Waiting to reaffirm

The meaning of suffering

Taking it unto themselves

Holding it in their arms

Close to breathless chests,

Before spreading it wide

Scattered irresponsibly, as wild seed

Fallen upon barren ground.

Nothing good comes of expediency

It is why we dissolve into a wake of

Salted tears

When answers are written

Unseen among the stars

Pulsing with kinetic energy, waiting to go pop

In a series of champagne moments,

Dissolving into the eternal

Where the old ways still hold sway

Curtailing the joy of freedom,

Taking the high ground

Painting it with an anomaly of morality

Wishing it on a sixpence.

All of our yesterdays

Would be nothing but a pipe dream

And tomorrow would see our

Spirits soar as high as morning stars

Seen through a pinhole camera

In the upside-down,

Magical as a smoke-filled lantern

In the deep of the once-forgotten

Broken as a drunken fire door,

Held ajar for the safety of the multitude

When a host of concerned parties

Awaiting sufferance

Distort darkness to remain earthbound

Even for the moment, it takes to recall belief

In a whisper of goodbyes,

As a catchment of watery souls

Take their leave

Into the realm beyond

All at once, I behold

The fluidity of meaning