poem - This, This One

from Scattered Resistance v2 - Inversion Promised by Wetdryvac's Lair

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This, This One
May 20, 1991

I found as I looked that there were none left
all of those I knew were gone
and the silence of the world had started to close in
so I went to my home, listened to a few of my favorite songs
and sitting in the darkness thought
there was little else to do
time to move on

I opened the curtains to look out
to see a clear blue sky and hot sun
to find a peace in the fields I once knew
but all remained as memory in that blue light
not all the sun in the field changing circumstance

what is a beautiful song
a day of wonder -
when you cannot recall
the last time you shared
memories can mean nothing
and the dream dies

well -

I've heard said that with life there is hope
but the reverse seems true as well
that without hope there can be little life
so I remain in question
migration left as the thing to do

I closed myself in my room for a day
let the light pass without opening my eyes
could there be nothing left, or had I simply misplaced it all
I read a book but when my mouth turned up to laugh
I made no sound

I must go out when I find the will
but faceless at the thought I turn away
remain hidden in my room
what if they laughed
could I even remember to hurt?
take a bow they say, and exit
softly from the stage -
just passing time and waiting
for the scene I am to change

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from Scattered Resistance v2 - Inversion Promised, released September 27, 2012

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