UNDEAD POETRY

 That Moment

I have had that moment

The moment you realize

That all your life

Up until that moment

Has been a series of mistakes

Disasters

Tragedy

That every breath you take

Brings you closer to the end

Which is inevitable

Like the moon

In the evening sky

That half your life has gone

And you are dissatisfied

Tired

Numb

Cold

That there is something more

There has to be

Something hidden

Beyond

What is approved

Accepted

That beckons

The moment you realize

Salvation lies in the distance

Just beyond your grasp

That you must build

A sailing ship

Of iron and wood

To get there

Floating upon an ocean

Of tears

You must cry

To find True Love

Which is always hidden

In the darkness

Of a forest of lies

That

In that moment

Finally

You

Live for yourself

Because

Before you can be good

For anyone else

You must be good

For you

Reach your potential

You must realize

Who you are

What you want to be

In that moment

You laugh

At adversity

Live again

To walk the night

Making love in shadows

Quiet desperation

Tasting forbidden fruit

In her moans

Sighs

Knowing you

Must find your soul

By

Loving

Again

Feeling her heart beat

Next to yours

Kissing her full lips

Soft

Wet

Lost in a dream

Within a dream

The moment you understand

Nothing is real

Even love

But what you affirm

Accept as the truth

Everything

Is a construct

Built to keep you down

Under control

Manipulated

Even family

Friends

Lovers

Plot against you

Don't believe me?

Walk the twisted path

Speak the sacrilege

I dare write

Tell her

You love her

Passionately

With all your soul

Watch her flee

Never to return

I challenge you

To veer away

From mediocrity

See how they condemn

Crucify

Banish

Mock

Realize like me

We are all freaks

Outcasts

In the end

We are the only true judge

Of our own happiness

We all stand

Stumble

Fall

On familiar ground

Just like

At the beginning

Of our lives

Naked

Scared

In solitude

Experiencing

That moment

But the strong

Arise

With confidence

Intestinal

Fortitude

Asking

Who do we

Want to be?

Where do we

Want to go?

How do we want to live?

If you have had that moment

You understand

You will forgive

All the others who scoff

Never having that moment

Existing in the black

Ignorance

While we see the light

Within the dark

We

Still

Can

Make it happen

Have the ability

To transform fantasies

Illusions

Into reality

That moment

Evanescent

Glorious

Powerful

Share it with me

That moment

If you have a second

Because

That moment

Is

Now.