The Mind's Eye

• Artist: bluemage77
• Description: There is a lot of symbolism in this poem. The true deeper meaning can be found underneath the shallow one. There are always more stairs leading downward, never forget that. What happens in our lives we always place on the actions of another force or entity. Almost none agree in the nonexistence of such things. Delve into your own psyche and see what you can dig up. Hopefully, you won't be too late. You're somewhere in there, decaying. Save yourself.
• Date: 09/15/2008
• Tags: mind questions self thinking ruin

Beyond the weathered steps
Lies a place unknown.
Untouched, unscathed, it idles by
Clad in blackened stone.

The troubles it has seen
Transpired many a year ago,
But still it lingers in the past,
Not wanting to let go.

The spires tower above all,
Seeing all there is to be seen.
To gaze upon it’s defiled halls
Would mark thine eyes unclean.

What lessons can be learned
From some forsaken ruin?
Not all, but some can find the meaning
Behind it’s tattered curtain.

Many questions rise
And many questions fall.
You ask yourself “What will happen now?”
And they answer “I foresee your downfall.”

Fate knows that which we do
And only knows what’s in our mind.
We blame our faults on unseen things,
Imagining a grand design.

You wait, unknowing, for something that is not there.
Only wishing to stay
But what if there was no tomorrow,
There wasn't one today.