It’s no use now
You’ve torn it
This fabric with your fingernail
You can’t put the bullet back in the gun
Nothing else to do but beat the devil home
Come on sissy
Don’t make a fuss
Get your arse up that hill
Climb fucker climb
Drag your fingernail through the dirt that crumbles under your every step
Don’t break the bricks in your road
You need them more than they need you
Reach the top of the mountain and kiss the lip of the volcano
Reach up to the stars for salvation and grasp the root of the hole
Dig in, pull up eat the dirt out of your mouth
Push on as every bone in the wall of the tunnel becomes hot to the touch
Break the seal above you, let the heavens rain down and find the root of a weed to clutch
Crawl through the muddy lake of broken glass
Scramble for every thorny limb that cuts you as you reach for it
Curse as the last blade on the edge of the cliff slips through your finger tip
Feet first, face down as you float over the field of fire
Let gravity become a thing of the past as you soak in the ether
Creation becomes a thin permanence as you see yourself clearer
As sure as every choice you make is an act of love
As sure as fault is in the past
As sure as responsibility here and now
As sure as anything circular in the universe is perfect
As sure as every atom of your being was cut loose form a mourning star
You are all ready now
Welcome back, master of your destiny
Wash your face, breathe deep my friend
Look yourself in the corner of your eye
Actually it took you a bit longer this time
Said the joker to the thief of your will
You know where the gun is…
Go
December 2017