Walk uphill
Into wind and rain
Eyes open chin up
Walk in front
Naked if you have to
Take the full force of it all
Run upstairs
Do not walk
So when eventually
Inevitably
You have to run
You will not be left behind
And fed to the wolves
Your body a stepping stone
As the masses walk through their malaise
Keep Moving they say
But most days
Doesn’t life just grab you
By the ankles…
Nails digging into skin
A merciless lesson in humility
And there is no reason
Nothing you did wrong
To deserve such treatment
It just is
Don’t look to me for help
Or retribution
Don’t look to me for counsel
There is no shoulder to cry on
No arms to hold you
A sandstorm churns up my insides
I cannot see
Beyond its edges
And so I drag you
Sober and drunk and high and
Low
I drag you
Along
With me
And demand allegiance
And demand patience
Days and weeks and years go by
And still you remain
My arrow through the wind and rain
An anchor on the open ocean
While I demand the impossible.