Escape Eternity

by Sam M. Phillips

I’m getting better all the time,

I’m able to climb

To new heights,

Lift new weights,

Take my place amongst the greats.

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Nothing sates my appetite

To move towards the light

And improve as much as I am able,

Life is such a fable

And I its hero,

Counting up from zero.

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I consider myself important,

It is no detriment

To you and your story,

In fact, it’s a parallel allegory

That we tell each other by living,

Giving us both clues

By expressing our views.

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News I now tell you

Is old tomorrow,

You’re told to borrow

Life experiences

For your references,

Fences we balance upon,

Capes and masks we don.

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Life is long and short,

Don’t be caught

Taking it too seriously,

Or too lightly,

There’s no need to fight me.

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We work together,

Tie a tether

Between lives,

Each strives

To understand as it arrives

At a turning point,

Burning oil to anoint.

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Joint venture,

Tread so sure,

Lost in shadow,

Stare through window

And see the true form

Of the soul storm.

Conform only for now,

Bow to reality,

One day we’ll escape eternity.

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