A poem about the ups and downs of a mans life and how each time less of him survives. |
-Raise and Ruin- by Keaton Foster The temple Of this man Wasted again His holy home Left in shambles Every wall Damaged Every window Broken The roof Blown off Separated At the seams Fragmented Across the spine Allowing The darkest elements in While all that is within Ends up escaping Out into the ether Out beyond recapture Beyond rationale inferences And wistful assimilation His very foundation Is again further shaken Raise and ruin Not the same But happening As one His heart His mind Everywhere In between and besides Infected with such pain God how does it hurt He cries out loud Hear what he says Listen to his words They’ll rebuild What is to be lost They’ll restore most Of what was laid to waste A monument unto themselves The building blocks Of all that he knows To be capable Raise and ruin Happening at once Simultaneous madness An uplifting feeling That leaves him understanding That what rises from the ashes Is quick to burn down again Somehow beyond reason It becomes increasingly flammable Each time the cycle completes Each time the madness repeats When he reaches The apex of his turn He’ll look back down Knowing again Truly understanding Where it is he is heading Such a vicious cycle Of high ups and low downs Is a maddening example Of destruction and rehabilitation A sample of what God is capable of He does not have faith He has something much deeper Something beyond reasonable precepts Something beyond faiths cruel hand And disparaging demands Something he fights to further explain Each time that the cycle completes Additionally larger pieces Are made inoperable Each time what once fit Now does not He is left with less than before He is absent of what is required To be truly restored To a glory he no longer knows He wishes that his life Was as easy as moving on But sadly it is not Each time what he loves Is torn down Each time what he adores Is so brutally taken away A larger piece of him Never again returns At some point they’ll be Not enough of him left… Raise and Ruin Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014. |