Raise

I cannot raise a smile

I cannot raise a fist

I cannot comprehend the cost of all these opportunities I missed

While I was waiting for an intervention

While I was waiting for the phone to ring

These creatures jumped the walls and sunk their teeth into the heart of everything

Or did it happen while I wasn’t looking

Did I just step aside and welcome in the wolves in poorly fitted sheep’s attire,

The lambs adorned in wolfish skin?

The words are separated from their meaning

And truth is separated from the fact