Air

only when you come up for air

lazy in loftiness

frantic in moodiness

simple plots undermined by complex ploys

this too ends in the well of medication

complete the contradiction or submit to the complications

but

only when you come up for air

when the dirt in your shoes makes its way deep into your soul

grime tracks showing in your tone when you smile and shake the hand of eternities salesman

this too ends in a well of madness

complete the accusations or submit to the implications

but

only when you come up for air

dreamy in purity

frantic in hunger

childhood abandons the man in the small hours when the cold hand of history strokes your heart

this too will end in the well of last rights

complete the obligations or submit to the benediction

only if you come up for air