Opening up,
digging down.
Revealing the skin,
and deeper still.
Started,
honestly curious,
spellbound by mystery.
Holding in each of us
pieces of our history.
What horrors lie beneath?
What lives beyond this skin?
What monster is concealed
behind these walls
we’re wearing thin?
With all this scratching
to get out,
while something’s trying to get in.
Sometimes the reason
we suppress our own desires,
is for our salvation.
Reaching out,
raising up.
Breaking through
and higher still.
Why must I
be confined
by all these lies
and small minds?
So, what if I defy
and reach out for the stars?
We’ve been okay so far.
On the other side
of all that empty black,
there’s something reaching back
and it will take any chance
to snatch us
into madness.
It’s been done before.
It’s why we disconnect
and stay safe on the shore.
There is danger
in living in a war.
Whether we fight,
or stay home
and lock the door.
Our walls are big enough,
but only for now.
So, open up
and reach high
at your peril.
I hope you’re prepared
for what you find.
There’s more out there
that we are blind to;
and if you seek,
it just might find you.
HG – 2019
