if you are, we are, i am

cruel in your casual nature
scalding with careless indifference
i'm targeted, then
i was a cautionary tale, now
there is evidence of a bigger picture
shaped with events i have not witnessed
colored with crayons i have never sharpened
and the banking sides of the day rise
up to meet my vision
rounding out the staggeringly obvious tunnel
i am on the other side
i am in the center of my universal mind
it's all about me
hopeless in my casual nature
scalded by careless indifference
running when ever there is no road
flying where ever there is no air
and always giving when there is no one to receive

with all the evidence of a bigger picture
can i ever be anything other than the photographer?

-manic 1/29/05