PODM #13 Problems in Levity

Problems in levity

The treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect.

When humor is not enough, when tears run dry
when being a fool lacks any real effort
when being cool is less about your head
and more about your lack of heart
its time to look and show that you
were ready from the start
to take the low pass, to walk the
shortcut, to accept that it
is more about the lack of hatred
the loss of honor, the emptiness
that is prevalence of playing the part

When life is too cruel, when crying is no
longer a matter or reason to be
when all around is little more 
than mindless chatter and tweeting
in little more than ways to 
continue cheating on the life 
that you claim to be living
in order to appear normal
in hopes to remain somewhat sane
if the possibility is more about
the chances of avoiding the pain

Then I will say this to you my only friend
find a mirror, find the truth, don't
rely on your innocence any longer
than you has misspent your youth
run like the whirlwind, find beauty
and then freedom may find you
reap the thunderstorm, looking
for love, looking for truth

For life is too short for anything more the
brevity so why waste such dreams on the
facts that sometimes I have a problem
with such gentle means of levity?