He looks at the fire
and thinks
“it needs to be poked.”
We all want
to keep the flame alive
so we keep adding to it.

After the walls started
collapsing they
considered their fate
as a transient.
We all want
to keep the structure alive
so we keep adding to it.

As the train derailed
the conductor thinks
“my mortgage is late.”
We all want
to keep the traffic flowing
so we keep adding to it.

When did we start
thinking “destruction
is posterity.”?
We all want to
live eternally
so we keep adding to it.

Smash
your head
into
the wall
if that be your choice!
Gouge out
your eyes
to see,
if only in your dreams,
the only reality left.
The soul place
you have control
is slumber
and still
the Illusion lives on