amonkie

Flying above, life speeding by below
You glimpse a birds eye view
Serenity, calm, deceptive tranquility
And so you believe what's on the surface
The truth takes too much guilt to face
Reluctantly, on the ground again you find
Your new mask of Camels to distance
A grey wall of smoke to ward off talk
Drag after drag, do you kill yourself
A breath at a time, just one more
Harsh criticism of double standards
yet you can't point your livid finger
at yourself, a prime example
Finding laughter in cruelty
compassion a false emotion
playing across your face
until the lie breaks from
the depths of your eyes
and I walk away knowing
truth that should set you free
only strengthens the many
walls of your voluntary
inpenetrable prison

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Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna