Burn It Down

Burn It Down

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Outside my window 
Wind blows
A tree bows
Reminding me 
Of who "I" am
 
Outside these four walls 
In only a few days of loving 
A lifetime can be lived 
In a moment
Now "I" feel the dying 
Last days of dying
Autumn 
Leaves give forth 
One final burst of living 

Like a shooting star 
Falling into the embrace of winter
Soon all will be still again 
Soon all will be still again
Soon "I" will be again 

In the ending of what we were 
Find all myself "I" don't want to face
Ignorance, desire, anger, jealousy
Narcissistic ego 
Ugly head of this monster 
Peers forth at any moment. 

Descending 
Few thoughts of broken trust 
Dreams that didn't come true 
Expectations that didn't materialize
Of all the words that were spoken 
It's taken little to trigger the gun
Shooting forth my humanity 

"I'm" human and this humanity is killing me 
Dissolution "I'm" dying by pieces
Someday of this humanity
There will be nothing left 
No more anger
No more jealousy 
No more hate
No more ego


We will be left with the indestructible 
Unchanging part of ourselves which
Only knows love

To be human is to accept these things
These qualities that "I" don't want to accept
Accept them as part of my reality
To take them to hold them 
To feel them
To live them 
To be them

We're Gonna 
Burn It Down 
Tread a new path
Burn It Down Baby
We got some 
Loving to do

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David Arndt 2022

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Artwork by Dominic Piperata

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