One Step Away

one step away from cardboard camp
and then is her
one step away from a mansion on the hill
and then is me
common denominator I am it appears
to me a problem I never wanted to be
the problem of this world that envelops me
that has a strangle hold on the my jugular
of my gut
Midas touch of everything turns to shit
100 watt bulb going green to black
in a dark room of must and web
dank and damp air - hand invisible
one step away from reaching the rotted string
that pulls the timeless switch without a cover
to the light to the light to the light boys
to the light