My mind wanders
Like water on a muddy hill

My thoughts take flight
Like a horse after a gunshot

What the hell was that?
My mind races

It jumps
It weaves
It bobs
I can’t stop it

I’m a perfect dewdrop
I rest on the leaf of life
I hear a trickle of rain
It’s happening now, with breathtaking persistence

I’m still as an ancient cave
I hear the echos of time at the moment
I hear the beat of my heart
I measure my breath as I stare

Fire crackles
I see sparks like stars
I see them spiral up like Gods
The universe nods
It knows, and so do I

I see the end
I see it begin
I see the symmetry
I see this life

I’m convinced
Life is balance
Beside the universe
Inside this verse

Order is chaos
Chaos is order
Night is day
Yesterday today

Silence is golden
Silence with music
Notes with order
There is no border

War torn fields
In the digital battlefield

I look upon the carcasses of bots
Russian misinformation machines
People with scars
Friends with tears

The roads of Rome
The digital highways of America

We have won the battle
Though the war is far from over
Our new battle has just begun

I’m a diamond
Compressed by reality
I feel the weight of my country’s fears

I feel it all
I feel the burn in my soul
I want to scream

I’ll never be the same
And neither will we