THE ELLIPSES
“Here comes the bus, lay down.” I was told.
Someday someone will surprise me.
“Here comes the bus, lay down.” I was told.
Someday someone will surprise me.
“I’d rather see you dead” she said to me.
Little did she know she already is.
“Don’t touch that third rail” I said.
Then the lightning struck me.
Time to travel, move, walk about,
Little did she know she already is.
“Don’t touch that third rail” I said.
Then the lightning struck me.
Time to travel, move, walk about,
pass on, get the fuck out.
Living in the hurricanes eye for this long
has made me passive with a fist.
Move or die, words repeated in every war
ranged from bedrooms to boardrooms.
Jesus saved me, Shiva on the other hand…
© M Durfee
7.1. 2016
Move or die. Sometimes, move and die. No simple solution.
ReplyDeleteCharles, if life is a firefight I will that men be more judicious when they move but eventually they must move. It's all in the knowing how to stand.
DeleteI hope I'm still moving when I die!
ReplyDeleteJeff I am certain that even if you had no arms or legs, you would still find some propulsion that keeps you going. Movement is a strong habit within your core.
DeleteShiva's just not so gentle in the saving department.
ReplyDeleteSo I have been led to believe Alice. Krishna may ease the destruction but I doubt Brahma would intervene.
DeleteYep. Probably not. That pretty much leaves just Jesus if you're looking for saving.
DeleteI would LOVE to do Fiction Friday 55, but have no confidence that anyone would join me. We seem to have scattered to the four winds.
Me have lived in da hurricane's eye for sum time now, 3 years 2 b exact ... and I rather like it, meowpoppa ... smiles ... Love, cat
ReplyDeleteMeowmomma the beauty of a metaphor is that it can dissipate before the backside winds hit.
DeleteIs the hurricane all the worse from global warming - political hot air?
ReplyDeleteHurricanes always feed off hot air Calvin, it seems that the world is experiencing an abundance of it from every butthurt class or group who refuse a consensus. But then, although hurricanes and typhoons are deadly causing great damage they do eventually cause us to turn to the problem.
DeleteLiving in the hurricane's eye, that seems dangerously safe... I guess we are living just like that, and we're probably lucky.
ReplyDeleteLucky is relative to position I guess Vesper. Eventually though the winds of time pick up and move faster than we can outrun them.
Delete*meh* I have come to a point where if I get caught in a wind not of my own making I will do all I can to adapt somehow and when I fail to adapt I will die. I have life today and am living it as I choose.