Circle

I’m going there too

Hobbled and broke

Dead in your tracks

The beginning middle and end are all on display –

I look away

There is no escaping these emotions

they were put here for survival 

Trickster

We are all going there one by one

Whether spotted or striped massive or miniscule

we thought we could control our story

to be here, to be aware is to know our destiny

Oh, charlatan and chiseler wrestle me  

and I won’t hesitate

What once was robust like a mighty river

is now calm, a placid lake

Once a fire roared inside the furnace

now, burned at the stake 

Now is your only choice

A thousand tiny now’s

press option one

Don’t allow the smoke

Mirrors

and distant stars

Swindle your now

You

Are

Here

Now.