Undo Diligence
The Boney Rolls
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If the fire burns bright Then the ashes that are left behind Do little more than disguise and belie That it was ever what it was If every memory collects Just to dwell upon in retrospect Might it seem to total something less Something less than what it does? I think you know me well I know you think I'm well beyond my means It's time to consider contingencies Before I execute a plan I'll take a change of pace If it's a better place to spend my days This goal is attainable in many ways In time I think you will understand What a day, all the same In the end all we gained Was something next to nothing It's ok because we made memories Come what may It may be more important Gonna take every chance I can... Don't want to trade These things for something else If the sky appears black Does it mean that there is nothing left? All the stars retreated somewhere else Just to shine on something new If the thunder cracks And the lightning blinds Every crashing wave Until the ship is capsized If I lost it all... Could I still hold on to you? Like a product That's a sum of observations We can build Upon each other's fabrications Honestly It's a different dishonesty There's a truth that lies Within each next deception Evidence sprinkled By colors of perception I'm getting stuck in the urgency But it's not really reality It's the conceptions we build to be I will remember this time... In these moments of lucidity It's like a wave washing over me Still they prove to be too fleeting Circumstances seem To define the direction Situations tend To form the same reaction Honestly, it's a different dishonesty Weaving through a crowd But making no connection Altering the self To pursue false perfection I'll try to remember this time It's reasonable That this would end someday To wind it down It just makes sense... But then again In fantasies I dreamed it could continue indefinitely But that's a delusion It's time to accept reality This act has drawn to a close A term unopposed A cycle of self provision Obscene, stained crimson and green It's magnificent Yeah, now come to your senses Please sound the bell, let's meditate On these events We'll seek counsel, and pontificate A message sent In dreams I seemed To somehow be the hero, despite evidence We rolled the dice and laid our claim We chose this path The warmth is retreating It's freezing I'm left in the cold If you seek admission Then I've learned my lesson I remember the way You wrapped me up tight A little too tight, I'd say Just let me unwind The heat that you'd bring Well, that soon got old In search of better things Left out in the cold It's cold A tempest, alluring Obscuring the comforts of home If this is a lesson It feels like regression If that's the intention, prevention No wonder it's cold The warmth you could provide But I'm stuck here outside It feels like today Might just shine on me Some gesture you'd make Some warm sympathy The heat we'd create Would soon make you forget Everything from before... But it hasn't happened yet Is this all I am? Is this all I'll ever be? With a start and an end... My little piece of eternity I can feed the flame Take comfort in the warmth it brings Seek fuel to maintain I see the ash is gathering It doesn't feel the same Doesn't fill with wonder like before Help me feed the flame This pile won't burn much more Ashes, Ashes Soon the fire collapses How? you want more? Ashes, Ashes Who fulfills your last wish now? You want one more? Is this all I am? Is this all I can be? Some collection of molecules A fragment of chemistry And if so, is that so bad? It kind of feels like we're being had Heaven waits but the journey is rough Just being born isn't good enough? Take the stand and assume position Then form decision Of what can be revealed There's so much more Than what's on the surface But it's obscured here... Not to be seen No witness is within The province of vision To know that it's not a need Is part of the remedy No praise or confession No scorn or affirmation Imperfect purity Is part of the remedy A tree that toppled out in the forest Nobody noticed No witness verified It doesn't mean that it didn't happen If no one's there to praise or criticize Actions perceived to be less important A poor performance, gone unrecognized A recipe for misguided motives Of self promotion Now testify! All tied up From the bottom to the top The constant assaults On the senses don't stop An effort supreme It seems to maintain A body unbound It's the mind that's in chains Go drifting by another day It smeared the sky Like distant rain A notch in time, a photograph Silence the cry And try to laugh The subject is debatable When comfort lacks, relatable Proceed forward Try to maintain Even kind words Can feel like chains It ended like most things begin A subtle hint, a reaction The tape rewinds through thick and thin A pile of ash reignites again It's tightening where once was frayed Patterns appear Pictures emerging from the fade Becoming clear The echoes bounce before it's ever said To run it's course Devoted to the end instead... Instead of the source To claim your prize I'll place my bet It's best to wait... Hasn't started yet It falls apart from the outset The surest thing Seen in retrospect
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