Gazing up from the Lap of Lincoln
“We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.”
Chuck Palahnuik
“A House divided against itself cannot stand”*
The only option for Unification was through the divisive Door,
It had to be sad.Sad and Maddening throughout its very core.
To liken confusion of a disassembled puzzle
Is the equivalent result of a convoluted muzzle.
We refer to the puzzle, upon the box cover;
methodically discern be it brother and Lover
Corners from edges then the colours above
The beauty of language, its propensity to move us…
Prayer is acceptable when moving their feet as such.
If the man represents the edges,the words of Lincoln
are the cornerstone, his internal Red Light Blinking…
The Blinking words that surely haunted Lincoln
“We hold these truths to be Self-Evident…
That all Men are created Equal.”
What can a mortal man contribute as an adequate sequel
The Declaration meant to be finished, later;
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
Unalienable Rights,endowed by our Creator.
The inconceivable realization
division would bring Unification.
The illogical and unreasonable notion
such a thought of a magic potion
must have been simply maddening.
Before one puts the puzzle together,
divinity considers greater good forever.
When Lincoln reached for the colors he believed all along.
Each vital to beauty of the product of those being wronged.
The finished product is a nation that lives
to truths that are Self-Evident.
Accomplished by placing a piece at a time
in spite of the Civil War sentiment.
Not Black
Not White
The shades of Freedom; The shadows and silhouettes
Convergence in light from darkness,a prayer to coalesce
The colors of the puzzle represent
“That all men are created equal”
which eerily makes the civil war about
ownership and servitude, about the color Green.
Each morning I awaken looking up from the Lap of Lincoln wondering
how vibrant the finished product must be.
Placing one piece in at a time…
It’s absolutely maddening…
So, when I feel this land is sinking
I gaze up from the Lap of Lincoln...
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“A House divided against itself cannot stand”*
*Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858
"Superman is, after all, an alien life form. He's simply the acceptable face of invading realities."
Clive Barker
