Progression

" Step forth", speaks the conscience
"I want to tell you of my heart"
"My void", I answer "My death I embrace"

How far have we progressed?
Three millions days, Three million deaths
Questions abundant in my racing mind

What is our structure?
Nihilist nature of being
Suicidal generation of doubt
No one needs to kill us, we kill ourselves

Thoughts ramble like poetry without form
Poetry rambles like thought without purpose
Don't blame others because we are hopeless
Our hopeless goals are at least noble

Humankind on the threshold of humanity
Our progress is our resistance to death
Ours minds reach for the heavens
Our souls bound only by fear





© 1998, William R. Craft, Jr. All Rights Reserved
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