I’m tapped out 
cup runneth dry
nary a thought 
just this emptiness 
the silver vein
turns to ore
and now this 
slate and slag

Thing about bad
is that it
remembers the good 
and it hopes 
for the better 
and it usually 
ends at best 

If all that
you can do 
is move one 
leaf from sidewalk 
to the grass
then do that 
for even one 
small gesture when 
combined with others 
that others do 
changes the world 
faster than the 
sweeping grand gestures 
of the schemers 

I’ve finally decided 
to be dumb
not stupid or
ignorant just dumb
plain old dumb
and not Dumbledore
or dumb forevermore 
dumb for now
not for nothing 
just a while 
that is until 
all the others 
find their own 
way out or
back out from 
where they’ve so
conveniently stuck their 
heads be it
sand or arse

Even those 
who think
don’t know 
at all
they might 
have found 
the breadcrumbs 
but I 
have long
ago took
my flight 
leaving them 
to wonder 
and I 
to ponder