Receding,
just let it all go,
all the nonsense and insincerity
trying to take hold

These footsteps heavy above my head,
plotting ways to cause such grief,
never having done anything to this person,
this behavior is beyond belief

Looking at me, with eyes narrowed black
a clenched fist recoiling,
poised to attack,
but I do not flinch,
for you have not the nerve

to connect to this body,
able to absorb the shock,
these arms reach out,
pummeling without a doubt,
discord dropped,
to the dusty floor

Bleeding,
trying to stop the tricky flow,
taste of copper in my mouth,
the reward for being so bold

Have to stand up,
for this world only knocks one down,
demanding situations,
in which to go a few rounds

Circling each other,
trying to hold ones ground,
each convinced he is right,
unspoken, passionless, duly bound

mathiasthom
written 11/11/08