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Clueless


Heb 10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition;

but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

 

I don’t know where to turn in this vicious circle

 

I don’t know how to cry for others anymore

 

My tears long washed away ignoring the hurdles

 

Now all seems purposeless from ceiling to floor

 

 

Once I had hopes and longed for the future

 

Now a one-way street where I can’t turn around

 

Thirst and hunger oft with nowhere to nurture

 

The needs of my heart I ran into the ground

 

 

Always a coming tide to drive me deeper in sand

 

Do I need a storm of life to shake me to the core?

 

May be I’ll lifted up toward the Promised Land

 

That I just can’t see as I’m losing all the more

 

 

Maybe after all is said and done I’ll open my eyes

 

I’ll ignore fleeting reality as I want it to be

 

I’ll move the illusion without wondering: “why?”

 

Since I don’t have a clue in what I ought to see

 

 

Trotting the side line with my back to the game

 

Judging the watchers without knowing the score

 

Absorbing all excitement and lifting my shame

 

As my chosen ignorance knocks on every door

 

 

Jan Wienen

 

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