are you ready to crawl on bloody skinned knees
to the sound of bullets and bombing in the seas
are you ready to fall
from your safe perch up high to the trenches below
where you’ll be asked to comply
are you ready to take it face down like a pig
squealing in agony while they ask you to sing
are you ready to hide everything you know
every last emotion without letting it show
can you wake up
just one more time
can you get up
pretend you feel fine
best wishes
and warmest regards
...
are you ready to color all the pages with grey
let all the memories every last word go away
are you ready to scratch at the scars not yet healed
at the feet of your enemy like grapes ripped from peels
are you ready to squander the things you don’t have
on things you don’t need without getting sad
are you ready to cut off every semblance of being
all of your senses including not knowing not seeing
can you wake up
just one more time
can you get up
pretend you feel fine
can you wake up
just one more time
can you get up
pretend you feel fine
best wishes
and warmest regards
...
are you ready to spread all your dignity all your hope
open like legs and you’re naked on a strange unmade bed
are you prepared to surrender
the flag that is your own
and call whatever far away
your last home
are you ready to have nothing
ready to be nothing
ready not to feel ready to be over
and it to not know that the worst is real
can you wake up
just one more time
can you get up
pretend it’s all fine
can you wake up
one more time
you’ll have to pretend
that it’s all fine
my best wishes
and warmest regards