Right By You

-Right By You-
by Keaton Foster


Close
Nope
Far
Naught
Between
Maybe
Does it seem
Right by you
Proximity
Via
Sheer lunacy
Crazy is
As crazier does
Every wrong
Seems a little right
Everything bad
Is indeed tolerable
There is a balance
One that must be
Maintained regardless
Of us and our tripe
I know this
I understand this
Because unlike most
I don’t see the trash
I see nothing of waste
Instead
Right by you
I see truth and beauty
There
In every negative space
There
In every wantonly
Wasteful way
I see it
The rhythmic insanity
Of my poetic dichotomy
Could fill every cup
Flood every lake
Resonate within
The confines of each
Undefinable space
I could do it all
And nothing combined
Right by you
There is a truth
One that no lie
Could ever touch
One that none of us
Especially me
Could ever diminish
An outright absolute
I didn’t place it
But I’m well aware
That is
And has always been
Right by you
This special gift
Given to me
By God above
Or the devil below
Which
I am no closer
To knowing
I am in between
All that is to be
And all that could not
I’m in the middle
And I’m on every side
In front and behind
I am only unique because
I see more than most
I must face a terrible truth
Because of the same
I cannot turn a blind eye
And cannot refuse
That which is the intent
Of my creator and my destroyer
I must do my part
And write out these lines
There can be nothing else
Right by you
I live with one foot in Heaven
And the other in my own Hell
Understanding all the while
That I will never be safe
I’m sure
That I will never be free
Writing is as it seems
The only choice
That is my very own
Right by you
I dare stand
I watch what is done
And how you did it
I do not judge
Instead I spin
Making things palatable
Making things acceptable
The poet that is me
Is the liar
That is everyone else
I take what is said
And make it out to be
More than was meant
More than was required
Right by you
Such a perspective
Is indeed my muse…


Right By You
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2015.