June 6: That Which Seeps Out

Deep, deep down
Woven into the soul
Is the sludge that seeps out
Covering beauty
Destroying civility
Driving complacency

For in fact
What turns the wheels
Changes the gears
Is the same conductor
That makes the heart peel
And drives the tears

Spreading all over
The slick veneer
Dividing pure water
With the hope
Of dissipating into the masses

Onward and upward mankind tries
In a bubble ignoring
Life, and how we've already died


There is a part of all of us that we cannot deny and it is the dark part of our nature. There are moments when we've actually have felt the possibility that we could do major harm to someone or something over the slightest of mishaps. If you live or have lived in New Jersey, the driving of some could drive you crazy. (Pun not quite intended) That deep darkness that seeps out is often times the driving force behind our life. I can't help but think that the darkness that can drive us is relative to the dark stuff that runs our life. I'm talking oil.

As of this moment in June of 2010 the worst oil spill in North America is taking place in the Gulf of Mexico. The sludge that is seeping from the oceans floor is so much like ourselves. As much as we hope that the bad stuff within us will go away, more often than not it won't and it effects everyone around us. I don't know what it will take for people to realize that oil may not be a good resource for us. (Don't worry I'm not going to go political...at least not yet.) Let alone I am honest in saying that I am dumbfounded as to how to stop this oil leak and spill in the Gulf. I do believe that the seeping and darkness of our hearts can be stopped. Not only that but cleaned up and made anew. What I see though is the ever leaning desire to ignore that which is within oneself and live life with one foot already in the grave.