Passive
and indolent.
A bright hue,
a closed circle.
Meaning
meaning nothing,
but a conflict.
Catch a fire
inside you.
No hope,
no innocence,
just rough
contrarians
and bile.
Ask a question
get a serpent.
Touch a truth,
infection
becomes beauty.
The fashionable
pock marks.
Skin,
discarded,
disposable.
Temptation,
more a pastime
than a flaw.
Age
is coming in
to break the cycle.
Generational,
this dysfunction.
Who you are
in all of this
is not
described inside
the letters
on the page.
This is written
in your DNA.
You’ve been
programmed
since your
manufacture date.
One
and one
are two,
or more.
The math
has always been
the tale.
Explanations
arduous
to the fading
and the slow.
You can lead
a horse to water,
but he’ll never be
a fish.
Life is full
of disappointments.
HG – 2022
