Crawl Back Inside

- Crawl Back Inside-
by
Keaton Foster



Crawl back inside
Back into the depths
Back into your cave of regret
Where all that you
Have ever done is kept.

Never dare come out
The world out here
This frozen wilderness
Is far too hostile for you
There are plenty of creatures abound
That could rip you limb from limb.

Creatures with teeth and claws
Eternally stained bloody red
Creatures of unrelenting hatred
Creatures devoid of a cause
But ripe with purpose.

You did all that you did
Because for a time
You were sure it was right
And I above all know that
What was right to you
Has always been highly skewed.

I know that life has never been fair
The game has always been fixed
Those who make the rules
Have always had the most to lose
Those who play are merely spectators
Forced in every conceivable way.

Crawl back inside
Stay there for as long as it takes
Clarity will let you know
When it’s ok to return to living
Until then do your best to keep from dying.

Seek your forgiveness
When the time is right
When God himself lessons what it means
To be seen as one of his sacred lambs
In a world of increasingly more wolves.

Only then will you be free
Only then can your return as a beast
And not as a meal ready to be consumed
By the truth of the many lies told.

Crawl back inside
Dare not show your hide
Let no one know where you are
Ever if they scream your name
In pain or in absolute rage.

Remain forever silent if that is what it takes
Rush nothing with regard to your case
God will let you know and if he don’t
Then where you must go
Is where you always must remain…



Crawl Back Inside
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2012.