NaPoWriMo Day 8

Harken to Me!
Stay, she begs with artful seductionHe hesitates; there is needLove me, she pleads in wistful tonesHe spills his seedHold me, she purrs, satisfied for this minuteHe leaves
Come back, she criesHe drives fasterI'll call you DaddyHis resolve shatters like plasterI'll change, she promisesHe switches the track, now the master
I want a commitment, she grumblesHe buys the ringShe takes him for grantedHe does the same thingTime settles over dreamsOh, the apathy that age brings!
The family comes, grows and goesBut age still runsShe has her TVHe has his gunsThey share a bedAnd a daily rising sun
For fifty years, they follow the patternof wondrous birth and fearful deathSlowly realizingthat's all that's leftWhat was the purpose?They are bitter and bereft
The full circle, completegraves are dugThe great American lifestylereturned to dirt and bugNo answers have comeWas it the lack of love?
Did it revent enlightenment?Stand as a barrier to understandingwhat this cray worldis constantly demandingwith it's restrictive rulesand social branding
Would love have made the difference?Would it give us peace?Is it all in the mind?A metaphysical releaseThat vanishesWhen we cease?
How can that be the answer?who kills in the name of happiness?How can peace ever be achievedupon the backs of such a mess?How can we ever recoverfrom being so blessed?
Love and peace are fine thingsmoral and idealBut after the life cycleour ghosts know it isn't realDeep inside, so do we allthat's why our wounds never heal
The answer doesn't lie in love or even ethicsand it's certainly not in someone else's lightthe answer to lifeis remembering to always fightthrough those battlesyou find the light
Each one a testa two-way glassDon't be afraid of those monster come clearerbecome determined to kick their assthose are old demonsDeath to the past!
Come out swingingSplash blood on those wallsforce the door openyou're no longer bound to those hallsHarken to me now!Answer my calls!
It's almost full nightThe time has come to standthis is your dutya civic demandto arms!retake our land!
-AW