Stunned paralysis of the vocal
You stand aghast and don’t know what to say
The audacity of the swaying mob
Trying to steal kill destroy or take away
Get away from it all
and we
Transport you –
To a far-off shore
Now things are different there
But you freeze in loneliness
You quench all intrusion
Turn-off phones and even throw away…
You live to isolate another day
Who wants this?
All wanting where imaginary other’s are at
Anyway…
Where do we pick up the story of your stay?
Yes you slept a little longer this morning
It would appear…
And a little longer and a little longer…
Until you disappear
Lost in the blankets of oblivion
Until the inner call of your heart
Causes you to climb aboard that ship
Sailing back to your everyday – yesterday
But you learnt a few lessons from the silence
The silence from which you turned away
Back to the pseudo rat-race and
out the other door
clambering down the fire escape
Onto another familiar shore
Into routine daily grind
You try to unwind
But you are on your way
To becoming
One of those stowaways
who stay away
Forever and a day
You save up your cash
Get rid of your trash
Get the next flight out
Back to the land of your birth
Repetition of habits of travel
As you unravel your complexity
And try to reach simplicity
Finding at last that it doesn’t matter
Where you dwell
It’s truth you’re after – forever and a day
