There are those of us high and those of us low, then there are those that thrive between. |
-Between You People- by Keaton Foster Between you people Such idyllic mandrills Swinging From tree to tree Watching the sky Fearing the ground Gravity is no deity But a God unto itself The impact could be great With every calculated risk Comes adequate reward. Between you people Such quasi sheeple Down upon your knees While I’m right here In the middle of madness And an obligatory existence I am unwilling to risk But I am also incapable Of accepting things as is I feel sorry for you But infinitely more I feel sorry for myself. Between you people There stands reason Logical inferences And post traumatic Masochistic tendencies Automatously set To further an agenda That people like me Those in the middle Straddling resemblance And madness Will have no part in. Between you people You, the ones up high The ones so very low I can see much Via my neutral perspective I understand what you’ll do When push comes to shove I know that like any beast The emotion that you admit Can be turned off like a switch The kindness you carry Can be dropped just as quick All that you are or pretend Can easily be betrayed. Between you people I exist within myself I am unlike you And almost everyone else I know That there are a few Those not monkey Those not vile creatures Those just as brave to resist And those unwilling to accept That the words of humankind Are simply not enough. Between you people I stand defiant and true I won’t climb any higher I won’t fall any lower I’ll remain as I am As all of you change Between great heights And drastic depths I’ll study each detail Each moment in time I’ll express what I see What I know… Between You People Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2015. |