Epicurus

For all my wisdom I must ask

What compels a man to fear

His shadow passing in the night

The tunnels at the end of light

Perhaps he's yet to see things clear

His hands may yet have more to write

Yet death still punctuates his life

So why must he then go to war

To understand the blood he's shed

And why he bought the lies he's fed

When only truth knocks on his door

And turns the switch off in his head

Did he not kiss the wife he'd wed

Before forever meant forever

After love split at it seams

And ripped apart their broken dreams

To build it all back up together

Stronger than it's ever been

But then it all fell down again

Somewhere along the way I guess

For nothing made him feel at home

Inside this man still felt alone

No lullabies could bring him rest

From cradle to the graven stone

Entombed beneath this biodome

All things return to soil

As my rotting flesh eternity

No more than maggots eating me

Until my bones are drops of oil

Spilling in the deep blue sea

Is this all that we're meant to be?

Who can say or really know

These gods and mortals can't compare

To dimensions far out there

The places we all long to go

Though only few discover where

To find their peace on earth to share