Monolith

Monolith

Running laps around the carousel 

Blitzing at American Dream speed

No time to think of why

Just churn out numbers until I die

I run straight smack into a monolith

It suddenly appeared right in my way

So massive, so resolute 

So beautiful 

I hit so hard my mind just stopped cold

I feared for my sanity 

I lost all semblance of bold

All thoughts stopped 

The words would not come

Silence allowed me to hear

The rhythms of the entire universe 

The ringing in my ears

Still screeches from the impact 

I hear the slumber of others

Their soft snores ebbing as the oceans 

I hear the cries of witches, warlocks

Selling their impotent potions

To the most delusional highest bidder 

But most of all I realize I have never been still before

I’ve never paused to realize the meaning of the floor

I’ve never seen such clear blue sky

I’ve never sensed the rain

I think the most disconcerting thing

Is I never felt my pain

This is why I’ve been so alone

I toss aside my humming phone

Looking up to the folds of granite 

I pause, I linger, I fold, I panic

At the thought I have to scale this

Yet even though I consistently fail this

I put all I have into the ascent

Which all I have is me

The fireflies begin to flicker, burn 

They begin to light a pathway

So though there fades the light of day

I still climb, I still ascend 

Especially when I am still