The Closer We Get

-The Closer We Get-
by Keaton Foster


The closer we get
The lesser we fret
The further we seem
The more we scream
Our voices are loud
Our concerns ring out
God above should know
And if he don’t
It’s not because he’s deaf
We need to be redeemed
We need to find relief
All that presently are
Is just too damn much
Back to basics is a good idea
We just have to convince
Those who need convincing
We have to let them see
That the present direction
Leads nowhere we want to be
We have to show them that Eden
Is not ahead of us
But in fact far behind us
In the past of who we were
And nowhere in this future
Of what we’ve become
The closer we get
The more we forget
The harder it all will get
We must go back home
Back to what we knew
Restoring our kind souls
Replacing our fractured bones
Allowing us to again grow
Not as individuals
But as collective beings
With a greater intent
We must be here for each other
And I fear the only way to get there
Is to leave what we’ve become
And go back to what we once were
The closer we get
The lesser we’ll come to regret
The more will have a chance
For ourselves and all else
We will be restored
Our faith emboldened by truth
Our hearts will sing out
Our minds no longer be in doubt
We will again come to believe
In all that once made us
The most human of beings
The closer we get
Back to where we belong
Away from what has happened
The better chance we will have
At surviving all that has been done…


The Closer We Get
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2015.