A Man Feeding Off His Emotions
A man feeds off his emotions.
That is how he describes it most days.
The spiritual food he fed on
seems to have run out.
He cant seem to get reconnected
no matter the method tried,
though he knows how, and
where to go for the answers.
Recent past and
fear of being alone
guarantees he will be.
Those that have sworn
they do not EVER burn bridges
left him here smoldering
to make sure no phoenix can rise.
Believing he was an imperative
in their lives it seems he was a pawn.
He cannot understand
how a semi intelligent man
could be so wrong
so much of the time.
How a virtue
like holding out hope
could dig a hole so deep
he cannot climb out.
So until he gets answers,
finds the sustenance he needs,
He will feed off depression,
anger,
fear.
Apathy is not really giving up-
He just doesn’t have the steam
to move onward-upward,
or back to the feedmill.
He knows,
without a doubt
that hope lives in the pantry,
and one day he’ll get hungry enough to eat.
That is good news since
he feels t ...