THE PUNISHMENT

I was punished by the Gods and the punishment was for Eternity 

I was to sit in a small room with a broken window and gaze out upon the world 

And just watch , watch all that passes on as life and watch all the lives that pass on 

Such was my lot , so every day I watch from my broken window and see a great many things 

And most of what I see , makes me sad 

I see hearses bearing Tiny Coffins ,wind their slow painful way down the road 

I see graveyards upon graveyards filled with the corpses of Unfulfilled Potential 

I see heart wrenching pangs of Unrequited Love 

I see Untold Stories braying in pain and running down the road begging to be completed

I see friends drifting apart for no reason and I see lovers who haven’t talked in a long while 

I see Impotent Anger and I am both disgusted and saddened 

I see relationships grow cool and indifferent and a little sob escapes from me 

I see people engaged in pointless waits for even they know not what 

I see mankind’s immense capacity for casual cruelty and unspeakable evil 

I wonder at the Silence of Good People and am terrified for the world 

I see Unresolved Conflict , I see Blind Faith , I see Broken Conversations and Lives Not Lived 

And I see this day after day , every day 

I have been seeing this for eternity and I am cursed to see this for an eternity more 

But once in a long while , the horizon clears 

And the Sun seems to shine , it seems to shine upon Vistas of Immeasurable beauty 

I seem to see Love , I seem to spy happiness , I seem to see lives fully lived , and stories all told 

They are very brief - these moments they don’t last long 

I am not even sure if they are real , may be I am just seeing what I want to see , what I long to see 

I am sure it is a trick  being played by the Gods 

They are giving me Hope , the Gods 

And Hope is the Gods’ cruelest punishment