THE START OF ALL NEW ENDS
the darkness slams us
spiraling into depression
we have no defense
against this onslaught
we have no escape
from this reality
we have no future
which does not destroy
all we've worked for
all we've desired
is stripped away
cast to the pit
we are traumatized
and all of our agonies
mocked by the very world
which drives us down
I can not face
this new corruption
I can not face
a world like this
I can not face
the vile decaying
which all tomorrows
seem to contain
how to live
in frames like that?
all that we've loathed
all we've avoided
sweeps in on us
an evil storm
we can't control
a nightmare unfolding
bit by bit
delusions of survivability
chip away
belief in some good
turns to dust
hope for new day
curdles to bitterness
vile, horrid and foul
- Brendan Tripp
12/03/2001
Copyright © 2001 by Brendan Tripp