• Damn Them

    damn the lights and sounds
    damn the smartness of a slap
    damn the sheer power of hate
    damn them the willingness of tortured breath.

    fight for love.

    your heart's a bitter distant memory of it's former self
    it's time to cry
    but your eyes remain dry
    from the crying done the night before.

    fight for fear--

    the heart is your distribution
    your distrust of the world. it's the heart
    that calls you home. wholly unnecessary
    because of your current disposition.

    fight for laughter.

    how distant is the light
    at the end of the tunnel
    stretching; ever forward
    ever more away. never
    ending; never fades.

    fight for all that you need.