From Here To Where Now To Go
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
'From here to where now to go?'
A question asked,
By those who followed.
To hear heard these words,
As if surprised...
They were not told to disbelieve,
Lies to tell with skilled expertise.
Not once or twice but repeatedly.
Revealed and exposed all over the place.
In masquerade to charade,
With multiple false faces shown to be faked.
Imitating yet approved and accepted.
From one decade to the next.
And each day continued to allow and expect.
To then ask,
'From here to where now to go?'
Well...
That question to answer,
With sense to make understood to see...
Would be a waste of time,
For the many who remain still disbelieving...
The clues, hints and pinches on their butts.
Will not convince them,
Who or whomever it was they followed...
To the edge of a cliff.
Without observing to witness this.
Should not await for wings.
Or a bridge miraculously built.
Done as promised to believe...
A fool who has the ability to make them fools,
Could also enjoy watching them all...
Destroying themselves from a distance.
'From here to where now to go?'
'Uh...
You talking to me?'
'Yes.'
'Uh...
Remember you had been told,
Not only by me but so many others.
To use your mind with opened wide eyes.
And the only thing you wanted,
Was power to rule...
Over the lives of everybody?
Well...
I rather remain an ignored bystander.
However,
I will admit as God is my witness.
To know God works in mysterious ways.
And...
Seeing you all fly to the other side,
Of this canyon will then have me believe...
You people are the chosen ones!'
'Why are you kneeling?'
'I want and pray for your safe landing.
I'm not one to question,
The faith you have in someone you follow.
Who knows...
What power to fiction and delude the truth,
Could be the reality I have been missing.
Oh...
And before you jump,
Let me know.
Okay?'
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Written on August 03, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on August 03, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,813 |
Words | 400 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 16, 1, 2, 7, 5, 4, 1, 10 |
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