Shadowboxer

I’m not sure what you’re thinking

In this

isolated

room

Alone.

Kicking down the walls.

Boxing the shadows.

You’re somehow

interesting and new. I like it.

I want to see more

It’s easy, you say.

Go find yourself life.

Not, “life is hard”. That’s lies

Life isn’t hard. it’s misunderstood

When you’ve really got it figured out—you find

that what you think

is Life

is just an isolated room

Alone

Kicking down the walls.

That makes no sense, I say.

And

why go look for it when

You told me what it is?

And you smile

see? You say.

Life is looking for what you

Already know

Liar, I say, and he smiles.

Yeah. to you, and everyone else

But I’m right

Liars are always right

I’ve got believers. And truth, he said

Is truth when you’ve got believers

Everyone knows that

So I make him go away

And I sit alone in my silent room

--And box the shadows-

this isn’t life. I’ll never find it

--And kick down the walls--

He didn’t either.