(20 minute poetry)


If I could invest a little time
admire the finer things
like good wine,
I'd be a happier
me.

But we all know investments go down as well as up
and my time might end in a cup of cold black
China tea.

This is how a Tuesday starts,
breaking backs and
broken hearts
if only I could invest
a bit more
time.

It's the Central line
I guess you guessed that
it always leaves me feeling rather flat when the time just wastes away on the underground every day.

But it ends
I know it's true,
when
another midnight
comes to chip through
the wall I've built,
my life goes tilt
one more time.

I am happy
I am sad
I'm a happy kind of sad

I'm not dead
                                                                                                   But I'm not alive
I'm not living
                                                                                    I'm just trying to survive
We're all playing the same game
                                                                                              Just different levels
We're all in the same hell
                                                                                            Just different devils

You see,
I am an artist

I draw with silver
But it comes out red

I look in the mirror
And what do I see?
A scared little girl
Looking back at me

Are you afraid, I ask
But I get no reply
All I can see
Are the tears in her eyes

Are you ok, I can be your friend
She looks back at me
Saying nothing….
Again

I walk away
Thinking how sad is she
Then I realize
That girl is me

You are the sun that shines bright throughout my day,
You are the gravity that holds me down in every way.
You are the moon that shimmers throughout the darkest night,
You are stars that glimmer oh so bright.
You are the oxygen that keeps me alive,
You are my heart that beats inside.
You are the blood that flows through me,
You are the only guy I can see.
You are my one and only,
You stop me from being so lonely.
We plan our future as if we have a clue,
I never want to lose you.
I want you to be my husband and I want to be your wife,
I want to be with you for the rest of my life.