Stalled

Life demands

more than just living

in moments and hours

in days and nights

Life demands

Being more

Living more

Wanting more

and doing more

Life demands

hearing the silence

Searching the unfound

Knowing the unknown

Reaching the stars

and even beyond

But

the gaze

the haze

the laze

stalls the quest

aroused
and yet weakened

the plaguing denials

the blinding truths

veiled in darkness

the irony of the reality

the disillusionment

flamed and shamed

We only care to stare
but don't dare