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Runner

Free at last
I run
the sun, warm on my face
unfamiliar
the breeze caresses my cheek
almost a forgotten pleasure
sensation
I thought I'd never know again
I feel so strange
free
unconstrained
no walls around me
no duty to call me
where do I go now?
Do I laugh or cry?
I just want to be
to experience
before they find me
judge me
I was only doing what they told me
I pray it's not too late
for all of us.

The music of my soul

I am a pawn
one small part of a terrible whole
they put me here
underground
to do their bidding
push the button
enter the code
no rest
no freedom
they pull the strings
control
it's all about control
their control
my orientation was not complete
I am not totally lost
they are in control
but still
I dance to the music of my soul.

Meditations
free at last
I run
the soft breeze caresses my face
so long
Since I've felt the sun
seen the sky
they don't understand
they don't know
what I've seen
what I've done
the plan is already in motion
all I can do is run
hope they understand
and forgive
hope it's not too late
for all of us.

Supernatural
The needle pricks my flesh
the serum enters my vein
its purpose I do not know
only that Kelvin said it was necessary
Only a small amount had been produced
enough only for those with the initiative
has some plague been released?
some plan set in motion?
all I know is that my body needs this
I feel stronger than I ever have
I barely need to sleep anymore
is it changing me?
I'm beyond caring now
I have a job to do
I have to save the world
it helps me
never would have lasted this long without it
it's a part of me now
a part I willingly accept
for the initiative
for the world
time to begin another new day


Every 108 minutes

Every 108 minutes
I push the button
save the world
every 108 minutes
except for once
I didn't mean to
I was so tired
sleep held me in her lover's embrace
helpless
it was too late
I pray that there is still a world to save
that this isn't for nothing
I entered the code
and pushed the button
but it was too late
an angry buzzer my only reproach
I was somewhere else
with my love
and I was happy
was it any wonder
I didn't want to wake up
now I must stay here
and wonder
worry
what have I done?
has something happened?
I am sorry
I won't be weak again
I know what I must do.

Meditations2
The cursor blinks
constantly
insistantly
How did I come to be here
in this bunker of steel
hidden
alone
far from my blond haired beauty
for over three years
I haven't seen the sun
the stars
or felt the wind on my face
somewhere she waits
solitude is my companion now
duty, my mistress
time
it's all about time
right now
time is running pretty short
for me
and maybe
for the world.

Exegesis
I am alone
trapped in a vault of steel
buried
hidden
it's up to me
to enter the code
push the button
save the world
a small piece
in a magnificent plan
solitude is my companion
is anyone out there?
does anyone care?
the time counts down
endlessly
marching ever onward
what if I didn't?
no
this wouldn't be happening
without a reason
above
I hear something
someone
I'll use the light
see what I can see
someone else
someone suffering
someone waiting
someone like me
a man of faith
is it him?
Lift it up
I understand

Meditations on the abyss
108...107...106
The timer counts down
steadily
constantly
slave to a master I cannot see
here
alone
for more than three years
I have heard nothing
Is the project still going on?
102...101...100
Sometimes
I dream of leaving
of running
as far and as fast as I can
Only a dream, alas
I have a job to do
there must be a reason
some bigger plan
99...98...97
saving the world
he told me
with faith I believed
is this my destiny?
is this what was meant to be?
96...95...94..
what else can I do?
the time draws ever closer
I can do nothing else
I have faith.