Lesser Hope I Believe

-Lesser Hope I Believe-
by
Keaton Foster



Standing upon
Your mountain
Always shouting
God of fools
Not I
Why have you done
Nothing upon my behalf
Why am I so alone
This skin and bones
A prison of understanding
Such a callous undertaking
My hands are smooth
Untouched
My skin furious from within
My mind unconventional
At all times
Lesser hope I believe
I wish that was not my way
But any other way would betray
The very core of all that I
A man with no plan
Has become enslaved to
I was born for this
I was sentenced for life
Convicted before any trial
Deemed impotent
Regulated and subjected
To hellish interpretations
Many of times was I
Beaten black and blue
With the good book
With its words and weight
Still I was unable to find a way
The pain became more of a god
To me than any other could ever be
More perceptive than receptive
I see those lemmings
God you know of whom I speak
Such absolute whores
Crucified by your ways
A dangerous game played
I refuse to take any part
I leave everything to you
Lesser hope I believe
Because it’s all that I know
All that I can count on
I won’t refuse the certainty offered
How could I dare embrace
I’m waking up
Eyes widening
Senses tingling
I feel everything in my bones
Wondering maybe I have no soul
Maybe I have something else
What that is I don’t know
Standing upon
Your mountain
Always shouting
God of fools
Not I
I have nothing else to say
Finished is my way
Lesser hope I believe
So much less that for me
There will be
No coming back from
The depths to which I’ve gone…



Lesser Hope I Believe
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2013