MOMENT OF REFLECTION – THE WHEEL.

Trying hard not to do something
That is known you will regret
Fighting the feeling testing you
Spirit is weak and the flesh is strong
What is wrong with a little fun any way.

But deep in the depths you know
Control is not your own
Tied to the wheel you feel it turn
Knuckles white with fear
A scream you scream
Escapes from the box on the wall.

This may be just another day
Born like all the rest to stray
From path that trod on all
But here in the darkness pain brings
See you the understanding
That its only a matter of time.

And wish all the blank stares goodbye
You’ve won the trip of a lifetime?

In the dream where the help is at hand
Find out the story was already told
Never the bolder for getting your way
Shouting the shame you did to yourself
A mind caught in wanting
Only wanting to be left alone.

(And) there is no satisfaction
Of playing the moment against time
Storing the trouble to furrow the brow
Breaking the spleen to get it done
The symbol of happiness laughing at you
Once more the screw turns against
The failure of mind to placate
Your realities of pain.

And you know its true now
That the only mistake you ever made
And the one that cost you dear
What to butt into reality when
You should’ve bought it out
The only consolation is that it was your idea.

GRUM