The Darkness of The Balance

-The Darkness of The Balance-
by Keaton Foster


Teeter
Totter
Whatcha
Gonna do
Fall down
Rise up
Drop dead
Come alive
Which
Oh please
Will you decide
Or are you
Just gonna wait
Present
Ocupado
Always being
A real retardo
Standing there
Like a bloody fool
With you
Due diligence rules
The norm
Even if such a norm
Is beyond screwed up
Is what you understand
Me, as a stranger
On the outside
I’d like to tell you
Right to your face
In a hundred ways
Break those binds
It’s your decision
Or rather omission
Thus so say I
Screw it all up
Take this chance
Light it on fire
And watch it burn
Dance around
Howling mad
At yourself
For instigating
Even the idea
Of a difference
Face the facts
Or at least
As you see them
Let them kick you
On down the road
Destination unknown
Just anywhere
But home
Let them force you
In ways unfamiliar
Allow your skin
To shatter and break
Shedding it
All along the way
Once you have arrived
What once made you
Who you were before
Will no longer remain
The darkness of the balance
Will have been changed
And along with it
So will have you
And who you once were…


The Darkness of The Balance
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2015.