Wise and Lucky, May We Be

Essentially,
we are all damaged.

We are all frail.

We are all divided.

We have all been stomped on
spit on
degraded over time
for the things we don't
control.

We run.
We hide.
We evade.
We escape.

But it is all a temporary
relief
for what inevitably comes
to confront us.

Still, we run
we hide
we evade
and we still escape
to be confronted again.

Perhaps,
if we are wiser
or luckier
we take on some of that pain head on
and we defeat it.

If we're lucky.
or wise.

Otherwise, we run.
We hide.
And you know the drill well,
as you take your next drink of alcohol
or down your next pill
or consume your drug of preference
in whatever way suits you.

Essentially,
we'd not need those things
if we were just wiser,
or luckier.

But until then,
have another run,
but try not to hide.



-Dustin S. Stover