Water Wall

Arkay Evans
Don't act surprised, little guy.
Don't pretend you didn't know
what happens when you shake the sea,
Don't act like God didn't tell you why
the guilt can't hide behind your eyes,
Don't try to act surprised
when the legs that gave you gait,
collapse beneath the lazy weight
of delayed procrastination,
Don't pretend you didn't waste
time with all your whys
drowning me in thieving lies
and profound deliberations,
It has all become too clear to me,
our incompatibility
is based upon a truth
that obligation cannot see,
Every move you never make
is all that you will ever be,
and weathering each water wall
has somehow given tall connection
to an anchor
not a shelter from the sea,
You know I have grown weary,
So do not act surprised,
for whether or not you have the gall
to survive the next horrific water wall,
Either way it'll be
without me

Published by Arkay Evans

Arkay (RK) Evans is the author of The God In Me (2011), Urban Youthology (2011), The Secret Life of Words (2010), Christians Under Construction (2008) and over 600 poetic and short story works. She has serve...  View profile

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  • stephanie9/22/2008

    That was an awesome poem.

  • Thomas Stinger9/22/2008

    Great poem, I just wonder if this is toward society and not one person

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