The balance between two worlds(life & death)is always in some sort of a perilous condition |
-At The Water’s Edge- by Keaton Foster Along The shore There is a path Well traversed Grass Won’t grow Weeds Are all that’s known Nature in some form Of course invades On one side is woods Endless New England forest For as far as can be A pristine paradise Where wild creatures roam free Unburdened by what’s near Unafraid with what they Don’t truly understand Such naïve creations Trusting instinct alone On the other side There is a murky pool The water is deep The consistency is thick The color is of nothing By that what is meant The same as an empty night’s sky One where no stars dare shine Where nothing luminescent unwinds Where true blackness is conveyed In varying shades Of hopeless nothingness Imagine the deepest space Imagine the truest sense of defeat Then go and explore beyond that Only if and when Will you then be close At the water’s edge Often I will stand Peering into an eternal bliss Wondering to myself What is down there So incredibly deep Far beyond belief What could it be If I jumped in Would I sink or swim Would I survive for a time Then Would I be sucked down Into a forever madness A truly terrifying realm Devoid of light and sound Into an eternal blackness From which I’m sure There would be no possible return Would I ever touch down Would I ever again meet ground A muddy stew of things doomed Way beyond all that I know At the water’s edge Is where I often stand I’m as safe as I can be here Like most who come this way I stay upon the defined path I don’t deviate steps Cautiously I take each one I don’t wish to stumble And end up where I yet belong I don’t wish to force fate To violate the judgment of my case I wish to live here upon the edge Upon this path well traversed I can of course wonder I can of course imagine What is down there Way down in the swirling depths Of a nothingness that no one Most of all a man as heavy as me Once embraced Could ever hope to escape… At The Water’s Edge Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014. |