Living On The Surface

Living on the surface,

 dinner’s always served at eight

 

Living on the surface,

  pride forever casts your fate

 

Living on the surface,

  things always seem just fine

 

Living on the surface,

  plays an endless pantomime

 

Living on the surface,

  the church contains your soul

 

Living on the surface,

  your religion swallowed whole

 

Living on the surface,

 things never change that much

 

Living on the surface,

  you can only look, not touch

 

Living on the surface,

 the wheel only spins one way

 

Living on the surface,

 each spoke a mortgage pays

 

Living on the surface,

 love professes in a vow

 

Living on the surface,

  real commitment not allowed

 

Living on the surface,

 new doors stay locked and shut

 

Living on the surface,

 your re-entry self-destructs

 

Living on the surface,

 your reflection flat and clean

 

While just below the surface,

—beats the heart of what things mean

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2016)