David M. Alper
Come Full Circle Under Pressure
it's changing everything
near noon
with faces grimacing
the way is unprepared for the consummation of age
trying to come up for air
as aimless as this uninterrupted hurt
behind four walls
yesterday
we had no choice but to
defy the obscene
at the end of another season
punished by the present
today
we'll retrace this surrender
and we'll play the part
here of all places
for so long
I stand at your side
and watch you
allowing for a terrible loneliness
I see you're playing different roles
you're observing the depths of this day
it's changing everything
maybe I'm drawn into life
maybe I'm musing about reality
trying to figure out what's going on
anteing up
in parts unknown
