Category Archives: Human Condition

No More Sheep

My head on my pillow
Darkness surrounds me
Before I slumber
What do I see

Around and around
I turn and I bend
Left and then right
Where does it end

Am I all alone
Is there no one here
What’s ahead of me
Where is my seer

I shall keep going
It’s not time to stop
I must keep going
I shall not drop

Suddenly it hits me
No, I’m not blind
I know where I am
In the Labyrinth of my mind

It might be scary
To be here at first
One might think
That I am accursed

It is what it is
It’s simple you see
We all have this place
From which we can’t flee

It’s the journey to sleep
That everyone must take
The journey of unwinding
Before we awake

And slowly I drift
In a place far away
Let life stand still
Out of the fray

And then I call out
To the One above
Father, please bless me
Show me your love

Give me your comfort
In this quiet hour
Let me rest in your peace
Show me your great power

Please, give me rest
For tomorrow is new
I need your refreshment
For there’s much to do

With a sigh of relief
I drift into sleep
It’s lights out for me
No more sheep

Copyright © 2014 by SkylerThomas

Watcha Gonna Do?

Hey old man
Whatcha gonna do
When you’re feelin blue
Cuz they ragged on you
And they put you in the SHU
And then they flew… away

Hey old man
Whatcha gonna do
When they tag you out
Cuz you had a little bout
Your life looks like a rout
Now you’re on the out… side

Hey old man
Whatcha gonna do
When you roll the dice
And you can’t pay the price
Or make the sacrifice
You’re not given a slice…of their time

Hey old man
Whatcha gonna do
Get down on your knees
Pray for the keys
To thaw the freeze
And unlock the squeeze…they have on you

Copyright © 2014 by SkylerThomas

Dying Changes Everything

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Old Beach Theater, Downtown St. Pete Beach Copyright © 2014 by SkylerThomas

THUMP thump…THUMP thump…thump… thump…thum

I gasp for air
This is it
My last breath
As I exhale slowly

My eyelids close
My vision fades
Silence crashes into the room
Like rolling thunder

The walls melt
Like ice cream on a hot summer day

What is that noise?
What is that blinding light?
As the thin veil between this life and the next
Is split from top to bottom

Tick tock…Tick tock…tock…tock…toc

Chronos – time stops now

They’re standing around me
Some busy
Some just watching

And some…
…aren’t flesh and blood

Who are they?
These orbs of light
Floating around my bed
As if preparing me for flight
Seeing if I am dead?
Pulling me through the veil without a fight

Kairos – His time is now

“CLEAR!” … BAMB!!!

My head jerks back
I’m thrust as if shot out of a canon
I’m traveling through a tunnel
Swirling flashes
Faster…faster…at the speed of light
I gasp for air
The veil is sealed once again

Where am I, now???

Some things cannot be unseen…
…unheard
…unfelt

And I will never be the same…because…

Almost dying changes nothing
Dying changes everything

Copyright © 2015 by SkylerThomas