The Hope and Fear Outside

-The Hope and Fear Outside-
by
Keaton Foster



Beyond these walls
Devoid of these confines
A kingdom of life awaits
Mine for the taking
Mine for the understanding
An infinite realm of knowledge
Spreading out in all directions
An impossible wilderness of ideas
Ideas not yet had by me
Colors as sharp as razors
Matter in every conceivable shape
Liquids forming winding shapes
I have never been out there
Reality has always been unclear
From such sadness, I must step clear
Beyond the normalcy of predictable insanity
Beyond the caustic nature of my affliction
Into a world of endless aberrations
That will dare not cater to my masochism
The hope and fear outside
Is quantifiably less than the reality quite near
I must go, I must advance to survive
The stagnant nature of my existence
Has left me with little to no decisions
All people, most of all me
Reach a point where choice is wiped clean
And changed is forced down upon us
Like the heaviest of stone
Crushing our irrational ideals
Allowing us to see with absolute clarity
The hope and fear outside
Exist so that we can live beyond
What we keep deep inside…


The Hope and Fear Outside
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2012.