You Cannot Run

by Sam M. Phillips

You push the needle in —

What are you trying to win?

All this feeble sin

For which we cannot atone,

We’re all alone

With our conscience in the end,

You either get by or you send

Yourself mad with what you’ve done,

I’ve found the need to run

Away from my problems before —

Everything was too raw —

But I found that the law

Of the universe

Will always send you in reverse

Back to the start

Until you learn your part

In the great play of personalities,

Calamities, and chaos.

***

Four years in the making…

Jammed packed with fun ideas, complex characters, and snappy sci fi stories…

My debut collection –

INFINITY AND I: Seventy Science Fiction Short Stories

Get a copy here: INFINITY AND I: Seventy Science Fiction Short Stories