Touch

Don’t touch me

As I pass you by

Your words are empty

Be safe, let me go by

Tell me, traitors,

Do you ever stop and look?

Your lives are fetid

You’ve sickened all you took

What is a promise?

But the starting of a lie

Promises mean naught to you

So let them die

Trust, like air

Seeps free with every breath

Another lie you cling to

But still, we all meet death

You think the world

For you with glory shone

Look again with open eyes

What glory once, has gone.

Corrupted by your touch

As useless as your thoughts

You think you’re special?

Heed my words. You’re not.

You think you’re special

Why then such a shock?

You lack any understanding

Of the reasons I can mock.

I’m not like you

I thank what Gods there are

That I can hear

Faint laughter from afar

Through many years

I thought you all had worth

Now I smile and watch you trudge

Across your desolate earth.

So never touch me

Pass me only if you dare

Your sad pathetic breath

Can never make me care

I have my life and loves

And that’s enough for me

So pass on by

And leave me to be free

M Peacock