cask

a lifetime lasts for a second or less 
when we think of those we've known. 
when the memories rest, we tend to forget 
yet the hurt rots left alone 

it strangles hits, wrestles, beats you down 
an automaton encasing lore 
shaky steps, stumble, eyes roll out 
but it'll speak like it has before.
 
a cast seeks home in 
clear plastic moments 
only to mourn and 
crack from the impermanence.
 
enslaved, its held in captivity 
by the marginal surrounding's blur 
kills the thoughts, doesn't know who to be 
who's even present as the now occurs? 

a cast seeks home in 
clear plastic moments 
only to mourn and 
crack from the impermanence.
 
rain on cedar 
pen on paper 
hold you like you're mine 
care regressing 
cables pressing 
stares oblivious to time. 

a lifetime lasts for a second or less 
as a cask that carries bones.
as the days go by, moments they flash 
are you lonely if you're gone? 

a cast seeks home in 
clear plastic moments 
only to mourn and 
crack from the impermanence.