Sorry Skies

-Sorry Skies-
by
Keaton Foster



No sun shines
No moon resides
Nothing screams wild
Sorry skies
Go from the left to the right
As deep as they are wide
Endlessly intertwined
Beyond all that is known
Beyond all that can be imagined
No longer can we cry
Tears dried
Empty inside
Regret deeply piled
Over our heads
Beyond the cracks
A false façade
What is outside
Loved and adored
What is inside
Not known and ignored
When it rains
It should wash away
But it does not
Instead, it drowns
We can't breathe
A crushing mess
Alone we walk
A lifetime mile
As we go
Sadness blows
Pushing us along
We look up into the blue
Beyond all truth
Into an abode
Of lifeless souls
We scream, hear me
Know this
And how it makes us feel
Be certain of chance
Lend us a smile
If only for a brief second in time
Sorry skies is what we see
What we know
If it is our place
Then we forgive you
Just as we forgive ourselves
The only price to be paid
Is certainly ours
We know that your role
Is not clear
Lacking validity
And certainality
Forgiveness is not cheap
A lesson learned
From above our heads
And way below our feet
We know enough
Far more than most
Far more than we should
The poets of the world scream
They have found many ways
To express what they are sure
Is impossible to explain
On any finite level of understanding
Such words are weapons
Of both salvation
And condemnation
Pretty, perfect, and colorful
Paint a picture lacking truth
Dark, shameful, and sinister
Are closer to reality
And all eventuality
Sorry skies hang above
See them if you wish
If not then paint your own
Pseudo eternal state of bliss
Be concerned for the truth
Least of all
There is no place for such a thing
Lie not because you should
But because you must
Sorry skies hang above
From the left to the right
As deep as they are wide
Endlessly intertwined and
Consequentially profound…


Sorry Skies
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2012.