Monday 14 March 2022

Beat Me With the Light

 
beat me with the light     
     by dougie coaloil

if you think that you can govern 
all the thoughts that come your way
think again and then decipher 
in the clearer light of day
what exactly makes you certain 
that your reason will suffice
to predict the final ending 
of this earth’s diurnal round
of what happens to the body 
and the mind at close of day
and day here simply means your life’s end 
and the end of breathing’s reign
will it all be darkly over 
will the sun no longer shine
will the light we’re daily used to 
suddenly refuse to climb
will tom sawyer and poor christian 
cease to suffer swamp and cave
will old lewis and mcdonald
finally find peace in the grave
will all of norman’s many hopes and yearnings 
sink ignoble into dust
will the source of man's arrival 
peter out then cease to thrust
and will that time bring oh the end to
mankind’s cry in god we trust
so please help me understand this 
beat me senseless with the light



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