The Last Time

August 14, 2013

When was the last time

You said to yourself

“I’m going to go

Dig my toes in the wet sand

Dance while it’s raining

In the middle of the night

On a beach with nobody looking

And I don’t give a shit”?

When was the last time

You looked at the monarch butterfly

And thought about

Its metamorphosis four generations strong

On a predetermined journey to die

Never complaining

While you wallow in self pity

Saying the world is cold and brutal?

When was the last time

You realized you made those choices

For better, for worse, they were yours

And “freedom” is such an oft-used term

To tote one’s mere right just to exist

When in fact life itself

Is but a daily privilege

Given over and over again?

When was the last time

You wanted someone to blame

For the damned will of the human mind

Since, after all, how dare it know us

Running amok and shameless

Dashing through the hours

And speaking uncensored ugly truth

That only we can hear?