Like a Curse
by
Mark M. DeRobertis
I’m still just a man...I do all I can
Don’t wish you were me...even though it’s true I live eternally
It’s more like a curse...I know nothing’s worse
I’m cold and I’m hot...and I find I’m doing things I’d rather not
No man or god could know what I found here
No words describe the force that I see
Just like an eye inside a tornado
That’s what it’s like surrounding me
Yet I feel it inside...like something you would disdain
An unstoppable tide...unforgettable rain
No watch or clock record the time spent here
No days or months reveal a new moon
More like a slide into a dimension
It’s like I’m in a bad cartoon
Yet the moments go fast...like all the grains in the sand
As they pour through the glass...making me a new man
So now I’ve learned the lessons taught me by time
And I contain this wisdom deep inside of my mind
Until the day is here to share the knowledge I learn
I know I’ve done my part I know I’ve taken my turn
But then the truth will leak more like a sieve
Not as the ones who speak have you believe
As I look throughout the view
I see the lives of worlds I never even knew
Some will hate with raves and rants
And then there’s those who live like multitudes of ants
Deep inside my soul a part of me hides
Am I a conscious mind who’s just along for the ride
Up and down, then in and out
Of space and time I don’t know what it’s all about
If I had a choice to make
I’d choose a path to go where nothing was at stake
Living souls they’re stuck like bees in a hive
And not a single life form has a chance to survive
Somehow I must discern a saving grace
Reach out and then preserve the human race
Is there a chance to learn another way
Leave here and then return another day
I’m still just a man...I do what I can
Don’t wish you were me... even though it’s true I live eternally
It’s more like a curse...I know nothing’s worse
Than what I am now...something more than just a man I don’t know how
by
Mark M. DeRobertis
I’m still just a man...I do all I can
Don’t wish you were me...even though it’s true I live eternally
It’s more like a curse...I know nothing’s worse
I’m cold and I’m hot...and I find I’m doing things I’d rather not
No man or god could know what I found here
No words describe the force that I see
Just like an eye inside a tornado
That’s what it’s like surrounding me
Yet I feel it inside...like something you would disdain
An unstoppable tide...unforgettable rain
No watch or clock record the time spent here
No days or months reveal a new moon
More like a slide into a dimension
It’s like I’m in a bad cartoon
Yet the moments go fast...like all the grains in the sand
As they pour through the glass...making me a new man
So now I’ve learned the lessons taught me by time
And I contain this wisdom deep inside of my mind
Until the day is here to share the knowledge I learn
I know I’ve done my part I know I’ve taken my turn
But then the truth will leak more like a sieve
Not as the ones who speak have you believe
As I look throughout the view
I see the lives of worlds I never even knew
Some will hate with raves and rants
And then there’s those who live like multitudes of ants
Deep inside my soul a part of me hides
Am I a conscious mind who’s just along for the ride
Up and down, then in and out
Of space and time I don’t know what it’s all about
If I had a choice to make
I’d choose a path to go where nothing was at stake
Living souls they’re stuck like bees in a hive
And not a single life form has a chance to survive
Somehow I must discern a saving grace
Reach out and then preserve the human race
Is there a chance to learn another way
Leave here and then return another day
I’m still just a man...I do what I can
Don’t wish you were me... even though it’s true I live eternally
It’s more like a curse...I know nothing’s worse
Than what I am now...something more than just a man I don’t know how