Kit Kelen #405 - the future is after us

405

the future is after us

it's not letting up

nor does it lag

it has the scent

of our trail

or you could say

there's a family resemblance

there isn't a turn

on which you can shake it

there's no little lane

to slip down

remorseless bastard

faster and faster

duck under a fence

dodge through the crowd

you pop up your head

look around and you'll see

and the future's still on its way

try to turn tail

it's still coming after

it's always had an eye on you

no one wants to be fatalistic

still, wasn't this always

where you'd end up

perhaps a few regrets?

it's not just the past

but the present is done with

the future is catching up

and not just that

try to turn things around

you'll find that it's getting away from you

so much for strategy

you've thought in terms of

some mountain retreat

some hideaway fastness

redoubt

but the future won't ever

leave you behind

it's like a church

you keep trying to leave

a habit you'll never kick

it doesn't matter you have no children

you're the one who can't keep up

ambition didn't do the trick

and now

you think if I'm no one

the future won't notice

fat chance!

you feel the hot breath

on your neck

you're being dragged along

you're the one kicking and screaming

you're desperate

you'll do anything now

you launch yourself

on a rocket into space

but after your orbit's decayed

and you're fallen to dust

you can bet the future

will still be around

your opinion will not be sought

the future's not going to care how you feel

the strangest thing is

we've been here before

I'm not sure how you feel

but I don't see the point of waiting around

when the future has never come yet