Bits Of This And That

-Bits Of This And That-
by Keaton Foster


A fifth
A forth
A bit of this
Some of that
Just a pinch
And a speckle
All of it
Trickling down
Spreading around
Spilling out
Flooding doubt
Sweeping reform
Not the norm
Different
And so on
This
A sung song
By me
Mute I may be
Moot I do seem
But indeed
In this world
I do scream
Loud and clear
Verbose
Never to ease
I will not cease
Silence
Or so it seems
Never will it be
I’ll go on
And on
Forever
And then
Just a bit more
Will it end
Not quite
Then again
Never is simple
While I friends
Am complex
Bits of this
And that
Smaller stones
At the base
Of a larger mountain
Carved into my spine
Driven into this mind
A fraction of a heart
Made completely whole
Of what I know
And how it is
That I know it
I will tell
I will lie
And then fill in
Those spaces between
Gods and fools are kings
While I
Am a servant
To you people
I do this
Not for money
Nor for fame
Not for glory
Or allegorical
Hodgepodgery
I do this because
There is no less
Bits of this
And that
Fills my cup
Sharpens my staff
Allows me back
To this place
This wilderness of pages
All of them empty
Each of them dichotomies
Each other
And one and another
Are ready for me
Are waiting for me
This is what must be
All the smallest fractions
Of my interactions
Will be placed
Into a greater image
Of both beauty
And atrocity
Thus
The people who read
They will become
Increasingly free
Of all that is to be
And all that I do see…


Bits Of This And That
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2015.