Among saints & sinners,
Good & evil
God & Satan
Nothing matters.
Among books filled with
Words, conformed and
Pressed into a small child’s
Mind
Nothing matters.
Among the shadows,
Self-esteem cut down by
Authority and the egos of
Those who have murdered and
Buried their dreams
Nothing matters.
Among the opinions & speculations,
Expectations ten long years after
Who is the failure and what
Is contentment
Nothing matters.
Among the critics and
The sad petty levelers
The damned & the damning
Nothing matters.
Among the forgotten,
The wild actions of a
Once uncaring, unconscious youth
Nothing matters.
Among the depressed, the once
Suicidal who couldn’t
Find his place in reality’s schemes
Nothing matters.
Among the conquests,
Among the losses & unreal lovers,
The young women made love to and the
False makeup queens soul-fucking in the
Aftermath of ruins & chaos and the
Human heart
Nothing matters.
And among the love given and
Taken, created & destroyed,
Possessed and disowned
Nothing matters.
For these words … are my religion,
This voice … is my church,
This poetry … is my existence
And nothing else matters.