Poetry And Power

"I Am Ancient"
By Michael Knapp
don't wait for me
i'm just a weapon
that you've used too many times
before

don't like your logic
wait for a scream
it's over before it began
close the door

i am ancient
and you know
i've been in your dreams
waiting for the end
of the show

i am reason
chanting 'no one cares'
you are fever
overdosed on struggle
nowhere to go

we fade
just like the dreaming
colors and romance
obscure

these walls of fear
come down brick by brick
to tell the story
'we all endure'

i am ancient
and you know
i've been in your dreams
waiting for the end
of the show

i am reason
chanting 'no one cares'
you are fever
overdosed on struggle
nowhere to go


Written by Michael Knapp of Columbus, Ohio, USA
Submitted 8 September 1999
© 31 August 1999