desperation

now the end may begin,

lost in this swirling

world of never,

eyes dressed incognito,

egos disguised by humility,

enemies in the shape of friends

make for the worst

of them all,

you never see them coming

until they have passed you by;

by then

it’s always too late;

the movement continues

like liquid wildfire,

consuming all there is,

right or wrong hanging within

a delicate balance,

fools following forsaken

roads of folly,

on their way to this or that,

something for nothing,

one for all,

everything for anybody,

some things for nobody,

innocence never the issue;

this garden no longer grows,

fruit lies dying on the vine,

fertility fails,

hope has no future here,

fixations no longer provide a thrill,

sinking deeper into the

oblivion below,

sink or swim;

desperation makes its strong argument

for justification,

survival separates the living

from the dead;

words once spoken

can never be returned.

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