Impaled by a Crystal Spear

Of hostile latitudes and enigmatic seas

I knew you’d never come back to me

I was much too busy trying to please

Be sure who to pray to when on your knees,

Regretful waters and muddy rivers so gray

Those we lose when we want them to stay

All those kind words we forgot to say

Orbiting in human dismay,

The gentle touch in the midst of stress

The compliment that comes with that new dress

Knowing there’s someone there when life’s a mess

Living like a statue alone in emptiness,

The vagabond fool who assists in his own demise

So many today who subsist upon their lies

The lonely and abandoned I hear their cries

For these cold truths there is no disguise,

Oh omnipotent one guide me for I am lost

Apart from a misguided flock at what cost

Where is that book of rules sealed and embossed?

Somehow we’ve all been double crossed,

Existence on this sphere seems to inspire fear

Looking for answers in an enchanted mirror

How much farther from the truth can they steer?

Impaled by the deception of a crystal spear,

Every time I think there will be a brief respite

Just to falter in this spiritual fight

Just fond memories to hold me tight

All sadness gone out of mind out of sight.