Scribbled Thoughts

Lead them with a lie

but watch the trust grow

and grab onto the fabrication

so everything will be alright

and you can be a good person

for a little bit longer.

Reach across

and try to understand

someone identical in appearance

but alien in nature.

Who is the wrong one?

Who is real?

Will the one who loses

even matter

in the end?

Passenger status denied,

take control of your life

and steer the choices

you are faced with.

No more pretending

it’s not in your hands,

grab a direction

and run with all

or no regrets.

Tiptoe into security

and blend with the scenery,

watching a mindless task

that brings peace

performed by your everything,

reminding you that simple things

can cure a heavy heart

even on rainy days.

State your value

with your speed

and proficiency,

be noticed and recognised

as worthy

while the struggling

are ignored.

Numbers dwindle,

because those

who don’t perform

don’t exist.

Sink into familiar

to surround with comfort,

knowing the outcome

but enjoying the tranquil,

a world away

for twenty minutes,

a moment to centre

and remember yourself.

Lost your identity

with only a persona,

performing the services

of your title

but unable to scrape away

the layer

and discover

the long-lost

shine beneath.

Leap over the boundary

and discover your limit

has changed,

your horizon broadened.

Is it for the better?

Or does the beyond

push you too far

for too long?

Lonely shadow

steps into a spotlight,

taking a risk for help

after pain and longing

entered their world

and overwhelmed

the love and safety

that once existed.

Warm hands reach out

and offer comfort,

reflecting the past

and bringing hope

to return for a future.

Colour my world

with coated mud

and scraped green,

exploring vast blues

to discover eternal black

and white,

knowing in the end

you are colour blind.