The Ruse

While all the appropriate words
Are being said and shared
Accompanied by laughs, hugs and tears
I shall stand in a corner and disappoint

And then compensate later
Through a different medium
That allows much
To remain with me

The Routine

A cramped office space
Papers stacked unevenly
And high

The faces
Of engrossed men
Hidden behind

A man
Not hidden
Hiding
Observes all but them
Through the window
By his right

Once Upon a Time…

Myths and stories seem
The only means that explain yet enable
This madness
This resolute conformity to it

If only the writers knew
The havoc their works would wreck
Would they have shunned their craft?
Or pledged to never stray with words?

Vain strivings
Reason to wonder to myth
Is a journey of elaborate embellishments
And would affect humble beginnings alike

Nobody wants to die for reason
It is not a glorious death

Shadows

The shadows of the greats
Encompass much and linger
For too long
I cannot see my shadow
It is lost in theirs

It is all a rewrite
I suppose this is too
There is form and there is content
But none of it seems to be mine
Should I read less?

Should I urge the still sun to rise?
To ascend and then stay above
Maybe then the shadows shorten
But maybe so would mine
And still be lost in theirs

Let the sun be then
I’ll learn to step aside
And let assurance take its time
There is enough land
For all our shadows