Pandora's Box

Fin

It's been three whole days since I've had sleep
Earlier there was sublimity
Happiness amongst the tragedies
Until I read the subliminal
Pushing and pulling
On fate's red strings
Oh what a travesty
There's sadness here
As there was sadness there
And like sinking ships
These thoughts drag me under
I'm the captain here
So I'll stay aboard
Even if all is going down in time
Given this
How can I sleep
When faults are mine
Mining away at the foundations
Laying many landmines
Each a toll
They block the path forward
And with a terrible price
Blocking the way with all their explosive might
I'm extolling their devastating pride
Flattery and rapport to get by
Maybe I can reattain those red strings with these lies?
But they build up
And I'm too bulky now
Can't make it past the toll grounds
KABOOM!!
The mines sound
Surely I'm harmed
Adding insult to injury
The faults cracked
Widened at that
An earthquake set
Plunging me straight into the waiting abyss
As I sink and sink into the drink
Ah, I spot it
My lost ship
All for the fates
Fates I thought I could change
You surely did?
But maybe things were always supposed to be that way
Then is this the way?
Does the reaper live here, in the abyss
Hidden from the sun's rays?
I accept death
Embrace him
Something strange happens then
I'm reminded death will come
But only at my end
This is just another beginn'
Spared
Like the Phoenix
I reignite
The water 'vaporates
I'm saved just in time
From myself
From my mind
With flaming wings
I soar to the signs
The subliminals be damned
My wings burn them to the ground
Razed
As I was raised
I see
There were many other things
No wonder she gripped the fates
They were her lifeline
Hanging on till this very day
I
The fool
That couldn't see past change
Post change
I'll shout her name
Screaming screaming
Even my throat's a burning flame
But she's no where to be found.
Oh.
Was I too late?
Did the mines blow her down?
The earthquake muddied her frown?
The smile I'm seeing is fake
Figments and pigments of the imagination
I'm broken
Yet the Shades assault me anyways
Each one a marker
A clue
To find a way back to you
A lich?
Or a living being?
These things I cannot know
But here and now, the fates are in my control.
Yet who knows
Is this good or bad?
I sadly can't read Akashic
Oh no
And there I go
Losing my foothold
If I slip
It's a loo
             oo
               oo
                 oong ways down isn't it?
Will these wings even last?
I think my heart would give first
I did give it first then too
And I give it now to
Again is that a good thing?
The shakes
The shakes
They make me so unsteady
So I just have to remain
Firm?
Was that the simple truth all along?
Be firm
Be firm
It's a chant now till it takes form
It's manifest
A bond
To stay until all time
I know not where your heart lays
But I sure as hell know mine
And I want to stay
Maybe it's tough
But that's okay
I'm a weird one anyways
It's resilience
Re-sil-i-ence
To stand forthright in the face of danger
To pain
I'm clearly no stranger
At least I no longer hurt myself
I have to give the other sources a chance to make things fair
In that regards
I hope you'll abandon the heir
For an air of understanding.
I hardly think I deserve it
But maybe
It's a step...
We'll see
Hopefully though
We surely will
As we move fate's in hand
Binding us again
My wings letting us soar
Anywhere to go
As time is swished with the oar
Impermanent permanence
Oxymoronic though we may be
At least it's together.
Though I seek eternity
We'll see
As long as we set off
Together and free
Together
You
And
Me