End of the Road

March 25, 2012

What is the purpose, if it remains chemical?
Why allow the ideal and not allow nature?
Who is the counterpart, the catalyst to that future?
When will I stop asking that which keeps me cynical?

Ignorance isn’t bliss, it’s a cultural plague.
But even knowing the answers does nothing for experience.
To my credit, of the concept I’ve made sense.
Naivete, however, will ensure it remains vague.

Two visitors walked onto the tired, battered plains. With every step they took, new life sprang to meet them. The old armies couldn’t determine where this life would stem, Their war of five years had buried their old lives’ remains. Awestruck, the armies approached the duo with haste. “From where does that greenery come forth? We haven’t seen it for ages, neither south nor north. How do you summon it with no fault, no waste?” The duo replied with glee, “Look inside, you’ll find the source you ...

Antithesis

April 1, 2012

The metaphor here made The Epiphany a very different piece than it might have been. The prolonged conflict has come to a close, Its scars remaining throughout the scorched earth. Both factions now rethinking their worth, And the verity of the path each one chose. The survivors of the battle seek each other, Across the barren remnants of the land. While no longer bearing armaments in hand, They want war to cease rather than smother. Hours passed, and slowly the soldiers gathered. They are tire...