the fading

While you might think i look like i might know a
thing or two about the world
the truth is much less interesting.
I've been nowhere and I'm going back to stay
because I know what's there and nothing is in my way.

In this real world i can see the fading.
I can see the dim light.
I can watch life crumble.
I am dropping the reins.
I watch them fall slowly to the ground
as if under water
They settle slowly - giving me time to pick them up
If I want
But I watch them fall, absorbing the full moment of release
Of no responsibilty
Knowing that they will stay where they fall
and rot
and no longer exist.