"Zebras and Trumpets"

I’ve had a very dark day today. Those have been coming more and more often, and the severity is getting worse and worse. Sometimes I want to just walk away from it all. Just leave the apartment with no key, no wallet, nothing but the clothes on my back. Barefoot. And I’d just keep walking and walking until I figured out what to do.

Zebras and Trumpets

© 2011 Brian Hutzell

I saw a billboard and it said

The world will end tomorrow

I saw a billboard, then another

Then a voice on the radio confirmed

That the world will end tomorrow

I don’t believe it for an instant

But it got me thinking

If I absolutely believed this was my final day on Earth

And not just mine, but the final day for everyone

How could it best be spent?

This is not about me

And it’s not about you

This is all about zebras and trumpets

And the best that we can do

To make it through the madness without going mad ourselves

I want to keep my health

To listen to zebras and trumpets

There is no greater wealth

If I die tomorrow

Like the billboard prophesies

Will I really get to watch my life pass before my eyes?

I know there are scenes I will regret

And yet

I will not let the vision get the rest of my zebras and trumpets

This is all about zebras and trumpets

And the best that we can do

To make it through the madness without going mad ourselves

I want to keep my health

To listen to zebras and trumpets

There is no greater wealth

"December Blues 14"

Brian Hutzell