Sunday, May 10, 2009

Ship of Fools


There are no heroes here
Just the walking wounded and barely conscious
Amongst those intended to serve

There is no glory here
Just the blinded bearers of consequences
Who reap more than they could deserve

The light of day makes it go astray
The light brings it all into view
The dark of night brings it into sight
The dark makes it troubled and true

There’ll be no sleep in here
Just the ghosts of worry for all tomorrows
For all that is done and undone

There is no joy in here
Just a ship of fools sailing out of harbor
Who silently cry for no one

tjp 5/10/09

3 comments:

joetalk said...

nice . . . love the last stanza . . .

Blue Ice Dave said...

love the artwork.

joetalk said...

Can I tell you that I so needed to show this to about 4 people that I work with tonight!!! Talk about ship of fools . . .