In Human Nature

As if compelled by poor judgment

My mouth spoke

Before my mind could catch up

And like that began the struggle

In an instant I saw my demons

Between two words fell everything

Upon which my shoulders it rested

As the weight bore down on me

So too did the clouds fall from the sky

As the air turned bitter I took shelter

Under your roof I thought I could stay

Within the eye of the storm

You commanded an air of calm

But the spring broke your resolve

And I lost hope before the first bloom

If only I could have waited for those flowers!

Oh! The brash actions of men,

And how we seem to hurt ourselves to feel alive