Meaning Graveyard

Morning puts the night back in its place

The streets have learned how to stay quiet

Days follow a predetermined curve

Slow, precise, and unquestioned

The god in the mirror is well-trained

Knows exactly when to remain silent

The world has prepaid all the answers

So the questions begin to fall away

Everything has been carefully described

Without asking for my decision

Language keeps running on its own

Carefully avoiding conclusions

This is the meaning graveyard

Reasons laid out in perfect rows

No crying, no echo

Only the wind passing through

This is the meaning graveyard

Every name slowly becoming the same

They are stored gently

No longer needing to be remembered

Ideals are folded to the proper size

Just enough to cause no resistance

When they are taken out

Their edges are already gone

Love is repeatedly trained

Until it no longer fails

The heartbeat stays accurate

But never interrupts the schedule

The future is mentioned again and again

Like a permanent weather report

No real expectation

And no one leaves their seat

This is the meaning graveyard

Emotions kept under careful watch

Even pain behaves itself

Unwilling to disturb the surface

This is the meaning graveyard

Every exit marked “continue”

The direction is always clear

So there is no need for choice

If everything is this reasonable

Where does the unease come from

If the world is this complete

Why do I remain outside it

No answers are being requested

No miracles are expected

Just an occasional need to confirm

That something has shifted at all

This is the meaning graveyard

The lights never turn off

The crowd keeps moving

As if understanding was never required

This is the meaning graveyard

The night is carefully put away

At the silent center

Time slowly completes the burial