Existance Poem by Fab Ricciardi

Trials and tribulations
of day-to-day life
lead us to an existence
of suffering and denial
An existence of disbeliefs
and unspoken truths
spoken with forked tongues
uttering undeniable lies
Have you ever been fooled
by this lie called love?
Hours and hours
and days go by

Just a simple existence
of a life that goes by

What of all the broken dreams?

The shattered hopes
of a not so distant future
slowly disappearing into another sunset

Slowly anticipating yet another sunrise

Still you just watch it go by

Yet another day

Yet another lie
Have you ever been blinded
by the bright lights of the dark?
Shimmering flickers of light
leading us to an abyss
as dark as the deepening pits of hell
Heaven's gates seem
permanently locked
keeping out evil worshippers
and unsatisfied souls with
no redemption, no forgiveness
just wandering souls
trying hard to maintain
an existence of a simple life
that never so simple it shall be.
Awaiting the afterlife
small price to pay
for wanton forgiveness
out of this damned place.
I just laugh and watch it go by
just another dream, just another lie.
Another lie shattered by powerful waves
onto awaiting submissive rocks
splashing abruptly on its
sea-shelled shores.
The life i see
The life i dreamt about
might be different than yours
Yet much the same.
The laughter, the tears
the joy and pain
of a day to day existence
Just a mirrored expression
of our parallel lives

As yet another day
yet another lie
yet another year
goes by.