Atonement

There is no majesty in truth
No grandeur in simple reality
For these we need have fiction
Make-believe our love
And lies to be our joy
Without, the sky is grey
And pock-marked skin
Mirrors harshly back

So it was I died
Unseen - some years ago
But in my head I live
And watch the waves come in
And the moon cool light the trees
And rainbows arc the hill
And dream I may find love
Just one time, one time

You choose.

The past is still-born

And tomorrow is dead

All time is a fake

It lives in your head

Just choices to make

Turn left or turn right

A head or a tail -

Nothing’s wrong nor right

See – life doesn't care

If you’re here or not

Rich man or beggar

You’ll soon be forgot

It’s all ‘quantum soup’

No reason or rhyme

And nothing left after

Because - there’s no time.