Wake Up

Love spent tattered into squalid remains
Ever the path leads on, but never the same.
Sordid slums of confusion whirling through time
Forgotten dreams echo from an innocent mind.

Where has it all gone? So much has been changed
Fumbling for stable ground whilst hounded with pain.
Forced to endure the emotions we wrought
From moments like raindrops, free falling then crushed
Whomever I am now, unknown even hushed.

Abominable, contemptible, disgraceful and loathsome
Faces honest, the moral, the noble and wholesome.
Amidst vicious diversity, a warrior with heart
Tentatively uncertain and seeking new starts.

Tenacious devotion to the laws of thine being
Yearn for bucolic tranquility, sadness be fleeting.

Recollect, reconsider, endear and hold near
Lest demons of darkness embolden our fears.
Howling from within, eyes wet body shaken
This is the moment where true tests are taken.

Let not frenzied sentiments lay haste to rash action
Let not inner travail claim souls to dark factions.
Have strength, resolute. Play games, laugh and sing!
Easier said than done, for this world often stings.

Wake up you fool, there is so much to see.
Blinded by misplaced faith is no place to be.
Wake up old man, from a life set to sleep.
Wake up! WAKE UP! Crawl out from the deep.