Altruism

Cross the bridge

over the chasm

search.

 

Keep searching

you seek them out

to no avail

move on

 

Why do we keep chasing

even with shattered shins

envious of those who have everything

wanting to help who have nothing

 

Who refuse to look you in the eye

who have impelled you to leap,

lighthouse to lighthouse

to each and every hearth

 

You could repudiate no longer

the gnawing at the foot of your door

no longer does the purr subside

nor the warmth of the colors

cure the estrangement

 

They were known for maledict

your spitting image beneath us

 

Weep,

for metal and pavement do not mix easy

 

And you who wish it had been a dream

and she who dreams of her own harm

 

I became powerless then,

as if alive, I could no longer remain

sit still, sat alone, yet chained to routine

but nine days had ought to be enough

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