IN SEARCH OF REASON

Dropped without warning
into a sea of emotion
I fumbled through life
with my baggage of truth

I had to survive
though succumbing was easy
I wrestled within
'gainst the easy way out

Hopeless and hindered
I floated along
where the winds of perception
chose to take me

Soon ripples of insecurity
became waves of jealousy
confining me
to the pursuit of peace

Eddies of fear
became vortexes of anger
and swallowed my belief
in faith and understanding

Feeble attempts
to push forward with trust
were thwarted
by gales of presumptions

Forgiveness and love
were just paper boats of hope
that were helpless pawns
in an ocean of ignorance

Once again I denied
the lure of resignation
that beconed beneath
the surface of deceit

In a flash it was over
And I found myself naked
on the shore of un-biased reason

It was lonely and cold.