Echopraxia

By Shericka Murphy

I’d advise you not to mimic me

My moves aren’t always right you see

Sometimes I veer a little off the track

So I can gain the common sense I lack

Echopraxia has taken over you

And so everything you see…you do

Everything you are is all a lie

No truth to you but the tears you cry

So I’d advise you to go choose your own path

Give me my water and go take your own bath

Echopraxia has imbrued your mind

And so your own destiny is hard for you to find

So how about you go and run along

Don’t add to my verse, go write your own song

So I’d advise you to stop being my shadow and go step into yours

And wipe down the sweat that seeps through your pores

Echopraxia has sunken into your brain

And so all life can bring you is failure and pain.