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What to Do?

When they come for you

Their voices snuffing yours out

Their actions rendering you impotent

Their wants diametrically opposing yours.

When desire disappears

And smiles elicit stares

And tears erase laughter

And touch terrifies.

When fiction fizzles

As truth sounds out a rhythm

At odds with your hopes

In step with your fears.

When energy lags

And peace is poetry

Incompatible to your prose

And blood is thinner than water.

When time rushes on

And leaves you unsteady

With gaps in your recall

Too wide to cover with notes.

When joy is a piece of cake

Or a cat’s meow

Or an old love song

Or a forgotten phrase.

When they leave you alone

To cover up the scars

To pick up the pieces

To shore up the walls.

Brick by brick

Piece by piece

With tattoos of triumph

Your billboards of acclaim.

To issue statements of conviction

To write lyrics to live by

To sport whiskers of witness

That winning is believing.

Taking names

Leaving crumbs

Holding fast

Pounding and pushing.

Borrowing from history

Rewriting the conclusion

Drawing family from fracture

Painting a new picture

Embracing tomorrow

Bringing a fresh tab of answers

As you constantly ponder

What to do?