Essence of Living

Steps

 Shotgun thoughts and pearly dreams of late, you have quickened my soul

Doorway of white stucco and red trim, sounds like a bad trip into a tortured soul

I take the steps I need to guard myself

Steps that need to taken, to protect those around me, you, myself, whoever

What is it now that we have followed this path to a finish, forever alone, forever apart....what is forever anyway?

 Who wants to live forever, they ask

We have winded these walks into steps into our mind, like a doorway, like an archway...into another time and place

I would be your Citadel against Time itself, if the gods allowed, but they are fickle in their moods and their intervention

There is nothing left to do but keep going, walking, doing nothing but mourning turns a bleeding heart black and dry

I'm taking steps.....steps to no where