Endless fields
Adrift
Disconnected beacons
Moving solitary
Locked on faded echoes
Of forgotten self
Shouting questions
Unwilling to listen
To anything
But answers they seek

Roughly a hundred days of battle
To end fifty months of war
At 39 million deaths
We payed with 2 million more
The cost of ending fear
Flooded the trenches
With blood and tears

Allow yourself
Lazy days
Obligation
Will still be there
Tomorrow

Unwavered
By indecision
Time persists

Not all
Who fail
Faltered

Like how the path
Out of the woods
May be obscured
Behind the shrubbery
A chance
To escape your worries
May appear
If you stop staring
At the trees

Let go
Your shame
Indulge in joy
Dare to play

Step into the light
Fears only thrive
In darkness
They belong

Like
Sticks and stones
Words
Can leave
Scars

When you find
What soothes
Your soul
Immerse yourself

Help
The captain shouted, waving
Controls jammed
His broken vessel
Stuck in circles

He must know
Where he's heading
They thought
Waving back, smiling
Following blindly
Round and round
They went

Refuse to be herded
Choose
Your own
Flock

Bow before me
The lion growls
Yet all we hear
Is
Roar

A path out of darkness
Lies always
But a leap of faith
Away

Emotion pulses
Makes me feel
Alive

To catch a star
Comb the skies
Don't fish the pond
For reflections

Tread lightly
You wouldn’t like me
Once I’m
Triggered

In what loneliness
We choose to dwell
Disconnected
Blind sanctification
Of the self

Who are we to educate
Future generations
With words of hate and prejudice
By ancient prophets
Long since dead
Truths from ages past
Nothing like our own
Isn't it time
To leave what lies behind
Alone