The Divide

There are some forces, their efforts, to create a divide

As you try to be closer to yourself, the more you are ridiculed

As if you are inadequate… a failed protagonist and raconteur

Encouraged to travel exactly in the opposite direction… wherever they may lead

Trying to catch that ephemeral dream and turning into an undying passion

As much being controlled by the predestined past and delusional future

In-between there are many stories that are incredibly deceptive

All the pillars of your inner beliefs seem to crumble

Upon what do you stand after that? It is moral unrest… a fight with thyself

Once that fire is ignited in a beautiful consciousness, then, mayhem

Beautiful dreams burn… only ashes remain, but they dissolve without a trace

~Amitav