When I Get Out of Here | Dennis Cockerham

Just the idea
Of the thought
Is unknown to me

It’s not the first time

Redirecting what I see

I say
I want it to be my last

Last glass
Last pass
Or who gets the last laugh

… I don’t know
A new experience of life
Or repeating of the same ol’

Said it so many times
l don’t want to say it again

The word beginning

Requires there to be an end

Looking through a window

Not the same as being outside

It’s not a test of character
If the stage acted upon is a lie

To convince others
A step from deception
The convincing of self
Simple redirection

I cannot put out a fire
If I am not there

I will only know
When I get out of here