BLINDED BY LIFE'S NECESSITY
TO LIVE WEALTHY,
DREAM LOST;
FUMBLED OUT THE PALM
OF THE HAND OF A BONAFIDEPOET;
DROPPED INTO THE BOWELS OF THE BEAST
LOCKED INSIDE THE DEEPEST
DEPTHS OF A TORMENTED, DEMENTED SOUL,
ASSUMED TO NEVER RESURFACE;
12,045 DAYS PLUS EIGHT MORE,
THROUGH CATACLYSMIC CATASTROPHES
THE SHINE OF THE LIGHT OF TRUTH HAS
RESURFACED WITH A SHINE SO IL LUMINOUS
NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO DENY ITS LUSTER,
NEITHER THE BLIND,
NOR THE SENSELESS ARE ABLE TO SAY IT'S NOT SO;
THE BEGINNING OF THE END, BUT
EMBRACE IT WITH OPEN ARMS AS LONG AS
MY WIFE AND KIDS ARE SAFE WITH THE