There Really Isn't Any Running Away

We seek love

While hating ourselves

We loathe cowards

And make love to complacency

Our strongest words

Inevitably, to preserve the status quo

The one we dont want 

But we have our built in rules

Slowly robbing us of air 

Hugging our beloved garrote 

While the dearest dreams 

The ones that make our souls sing

These are relegated 

To burned journals

Drunken babble 

Dark fantasies, car singing

And subtweets 

We comfort ourselves 

By pointing the finger the other way 

But that crooked digit curls right back 

Back at us, in our faces 

And for some 

With sight

Those who can't look away 

From their own lies 

Or from yours 

Even if they wanted to

For these, the walk is changed indeed 

Always remember 

Every action has ripples of effect 

Including indecision 

Courage doesn't always look

As you might presume 

Only the warrior will recognize another warrior 

Sometimes you'll walk alone in this life 

Even when you're surrounded 

Your soul always knows what is true 

Regardless of the layers of delusion

And justification we build around it.

There really isn't any running away