A foray into poetry

Metamorphosis


Looking back through my eyes and into my mind,
I see a reminder of how life designs
The gateways into the heart of the room
Where perspective shifts and becomes a loom
The tapestry’s woven of shimmering strands
That flow through the rivers and maybe the hands
Of Father Fate, does he even exist?
Am I free to say what I have on my list?
I don’t understand them, they seems like they’re nice
But some days their heart’s in an iron vice
Who will I find that can comfort my soul
Who will I find that can break up this ice?
The day goes by and hits my mind
With shards of dark that make me go blind
The world is a mess, so much anger and hate
It seems that I’m one of those it always baits
When will you see, that what you all need
Is a piece of my mind and maybe the key
That fits in the lock that opens the door
To forgiveness and more, to my heart and soul
I guess that’s the kid, who’s misunderstood
Who’s whining about how crappy his life
Has turned out to be when he hasn’t a clue
Of how lucky he is, how he has some good shoes
Perhaps he should see, that maybe the key
Is in his own hands and he is the one
Who can open the door, and let them come in
And not unravel the things undone
The words unsaid, that he thinks that they said
Or the thoughts he can’t hear that he thought that they thought
And even the words that they actually said
That did all the damage, couldn’t they be dead
If he didn’t let them haunt him, and follow in stead
Of his hopes and his fears and dog his mind’s tread?
The echoes of hurt, they won’t mend with time
If you first don’t get rid of the layer of slime
That covers the worm that eats through your heart
And lodges in hope like a poisonous dart
Only when it is gone, can you fully grasp
The root of the cause and undue the clasp
Of the collar you wear that binds your stare
To the ground can’t look up
From the weight of despair
But when we think we have gotten, the point of their actions
And started to act like we’ve learned all the lessons
We’ve got to examine our lives yet again
And make sure we aren’t trying to go with the trend
Because friendships don’t last, when they’re built on conformity
Friendships don’t work when they’re based on sororities
Getting together and trying to believe
That life is a game made for X-box 360
If you want to have friends
Then you have to be real
Let them know what you’re feeling
Or else you might feel
The weight of despair that you thought that you left
Back in that hole in a small dirty cleft
Just take care that you don’t
Wander back that direction and look back into your minute dissection
Of how life was treating you very unkind, you’ve got to relax
Won’t you please just unwind?
I know it’s not easy, I feel the same way
If I didn’t you wouldn’t hear this being read today
But sometimes you have to go under the flow
And dive down deep for the things which you know
Are much more important than things on the surface
And grab on tight though it might make you nervous
Dredge them up, from deep in your head
And allow them to show where they can be read
If only the person will look in your eyes
And see only truths
Which will never lie