Within Or Without

There is no refuge

Nor escape from that which we create in our minds

The flowing after emotions are the nature of it

Pure and manifested that way

We plummet in haphazardly

And somehow expect not to sink

Somehow forgetting to swim

We drown in ourselves

Acting out the least of what we truly are

No expectations or delusions of the outcome

Blind of what is to come

Off balance and overcome

Left only gathering pieces of what remains

Longing for someone able to save us

When only we can save ourselves

And pull ourselves out from the hell of self pity

We forget what we truly are

We forget to be ourselves, to believe in ourselves

To not look to others for the things we need

And to not be affected by the outside influences

Within or without burning in my mind

This constant flame holding truth

Energy perceived... gifts able to remind

ⓒ 2000 Shawn Michael Quinn