I carved a portal into the wall

One that would suck me through and kill my due

An orchestrated taffy pull

Rainbow colored with extra pink

I’ve always wanted to dine in space

I just feel this angst of escape these days

I can’t fathom the torment of what will be

With an orange hellish king manning the guillotine

I will miss the playthings of better days

Why does my wizardry wane so fast

Polluted water cast from a paper cup

It’s not about healthcare – it’s about profit care, yacht care, mansion care, private island care, greed care, golf care, hate care

A rudderless man-made business machine of psychotic turmoil

A doomsday clock bursting at the seconds

Robotic dope fiends and fanatics deciding life or death

The air, the sun, and the moon are all gone

Heaven has vanished

Somewhere else now, please

To sail away on a grief ship.

Aaron Echoes August

Independent writer and photographer.