Coming Back To Life

Musings on Mondays

Photo by Pedro Mealha on Unsplash

If you were a soldier you’d be full of honor and valour
but just on the surface
like an ‘insta’ influencer — it’s all a facade
beneath that exterior, and below the crust, you’re melted butter
with only a plastic case and stethoscope to keep the wicked winds away
and before ya turn to me, turn on me, let me acknowledge
‘I’m a puppet on a string’
at the best of times and I
reflect too slowly in the…