GONE BEYOND PRAYER
1
shifts in schedule
warp with dreams,
is it enough
to change the rote
to break the spell
and open doors
for long-sought boons
to come to light?
2
lost assignments,
shattered intents,
these lines don't form
as we'd expect;
all preparation fails
as novelty enters
transforming our position
in the slipstream of unknowns
3
so many hopes wend
their way through day,
like a cancer
they grow unchecked,
only to be excised
by reality's steel
thrust behind us
assassin in the dark
4
we feel the press
of inevitable mass,
a crushing force
which hurtles now;
we are the target,
this is the zone
of sure destruction
in obliterating strikes
5
no achievement,
no accomplishment,
all here is empty,
blown into void;
we are drained,
useless and unwhole,
unable to function,
gone beyond prayer
- Brendan Tripp
07/06/2002
Copyright © 2002 by Brendan Tripp