well here I am

wondering again

if I did the right thing

in being forward with people

the Age of Jeremiads has passed

no one has the moral sense to hear

any of this kind of talk and repent

and are too busy wrecking their own worlds

in the name of their own ignorance and hunger

to give any flying fuck

and when they hear me spout

they suggest kindly or not

therapy as if a dose of wicked medicine

will cure everything

what the hell did I know?

I took God at His word

and like Jesus hang on a cross

yowling "why have you forsaken me?"

just to be in the earth is to be forsaken

just as to be in the earth

is too dummy up

and tend to your own way out of matter

any way you succeed will benefit everyone

like it or not the right thing sometimes entails

just the things in life you despise the most

there's a test of your ability to forgive

others and yourself make no mistake

it is not them vs. us

comfortable as that is to settle into

but knowing what's good for you

is good for the rest

and if you really want out

you're going to have to cut more cords

than the silver one

you'll have to cause your own perishing

and how hard is that...when all of life

courses through you and wondering

is the least of your apprehension

you know the right thing is the right thing

because it is so hard...

Content (c) 2008-2012 Philip Milito.