The Pendulum Swings

Listen…
Can you hear 
The chilling silence  
Of the slow 
Moving pendulum?

Swing…
Into the horrific scale of loss

Swing…
Into the tsunami of disbelief

Swing…
Towards the rising, crippling panic
The irresistible invitation
To stretch our limits 
Far beyond breaking point
Because the world has 
Already gone there

Swing…
Into the crashing collapse
Of knowing that I can’t go there
That we can’t go there

Swing…
Into the knowledge
That we might not make it
But can’t not make it
So what do we do?
And who shall we be?

Swing…
Until all you can do 
Is swing
Endlessly swing

Let your body be rocked
Back and forth
Between  
Hope and despair
Feeling and numbness
Holding on and letting it all go

Swing….