Jeffree Michael # On the steps of Babel

So to toil, work 
this self-discovery
up above the plains
of Shinar
every high slippery wall 
could be the fall
our hope promises 

some call it faith
others pay true grit 
those deals made 
between each hand 
the non-sense of Babel
a kind-of truncating lens
every now and then seen real

uncoupled just long enough
to realise we're all here
on board on a cruel sea
departing base camp 
all part of the expedition
roped together alike
on our ship of fools

up in the higher altitudes
inclement weather
crumbling footholds
don't make for easy travel
yet here we are
spread-out and thin yet tight
all eyes on the summit

home's away somewhere 
on the coast in the future
wild grass dreaming
everyone loves the dance
friends children elders play
on the slippery slope
night's dark universe 

unexempted it feels democratic
equality for one and all
at last revolution's a job
sane tourists look upon
the spectacle of it all
a movie we finally understand
nothing comes easy

free money
no mystery
see history
the song remains 
the same
sit down be still only
stopping seems to work

others will go on and on
some falling
back to sleep oh well
got to do something
here on planet earth
how else do we know
what life is truly worth

being alive IS
no treadmill

break a smile
laugh you say

I could cry
this game seriously


like clouds will pass...