Above the Fringe

Seems I’m out of sync with time and space

Can’t seem to find a fitting place

How did I ever fall so far from grace?

Seems I lost the scent of the chase,

Every time I see a pretty face

And I reach out just to touch the lace

I’m blinded by another frivolous case

Considering dropping out of the human race,

Whenever you think you’ll call

Overwhelmed by it all

Will it be just seconds before the fall?

Like being lost in an unseasonal squall,

There’s a smoldering fire in the street

People too close to defeat

The fools are never quick on their feet

Catastrophes are never discrete,

Just as the moon rises above the fringe

Just enough to make the lunatics cringe

Just another media watching binge

Her memory stabs me with an awful twinge,

When the alcohol and laughter faded away

There was only quiet desperation here to stay

Only a candle to light the darkness in the day

All the evil spirits were at play,

Who inherits this earth if evil succeeds?

The limits that insanity can actually exceed

Man betrayed by his own greed

The truth is one thing we all need.