Shards

Barbs in my mind I cannot address
Tacks in my head don't let me breathe
Lights in my brain bring me a stress
just another day

You might think I have to rhyme here.
I'd tell you it is not so...
But to me the future is unclear.
plans get out of hand

Reaching for the star that once shone so bright
My eyes bite down, they betray me
It lays there now in plain sight.
wasn't sure it was possible

The chain can be split at a single point
Just let go of both sides.
Saw them fall, where was the missing joint?
slipped away, it's wind in the hands.

So the wind has no master.
Nothing to contain it you say?
It can be created and can be blocked.
what creatures have the skill?

Now I once spoke of the future
Uttered much of the past
And how these things do not match,
so little has remained the same.

no rewind no fast forward
no relapse or circles.
keep from the bars,
don't step in thorns
please keep away from tar pits.
A matter of perspective Clapp.
though veins do strangle
they are yours, remember




I'm too tired to sleep.
Thanks for reading