POETRY

The message couldn’t have been clearer
it was like a strobeing neon sign…
or looped playback of an unwanted message

The sulfur fills your nostrils and you’re mesmerized by the dancing flame

Why did you foolishly believe in this?
why where so easily taken in by its lure?
why did you allow yourself to breath life into boyish fantasy?

The amber light severed the darkness for a moment as you took a drag

Shaking your head, you exhale…bathing in the realism of the moment
You step back into the shadows…..step back into the known
step back before you become a victim of the voracious nature of life

You thump the ashes from your cigar in the darkness ….safe and free