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S D S Apr 2013
I can see Him
the specter of Death
In the corner
with a magazine

Patient fellow
He knows I'm not well

There's no hunger
just quiet waiting
I used to fear
Barely notice now

Patient fellow
Can't say I'm surprised

A part of Life
Not my favorite
But still a part
I'll manage a smile

Quiet watcher
I'm grateful for that

He doesn't glare
Doesn't smile either
We're old buddies
Friends of circumstance

Quiet watcher
I like it that way

Other people run
I don't see the point
Can't run from him
End up closer still

Peaceful Reaper
He knows me well

He's been waiting
Doesn't know how long
Could be a day
He will wait until--
S D S Apr 2013
Bananas taste nice.
I cannot recall what I was...
Is today Tuesday?
S D S Apr 2013
Fake it till you make it, darling
We're not all as happy
as you wish you were
Pretend at your mask
It'll start to impress her

This is the way of the world, sweetie
We're not all as happy
as the story books say
Some of us die slowly
It could happen any day

Love is an effort, not a feeling
We're not all as happy
as the therapist would claim
Sadness is not the evil
It's the wind or the rain

Knowledge comes at a price, dear
We're not all as happy
as the TV portrays
Joy is not a question
It's light that shines or fades

Count on those that count on you
We're not all as happy
as the songs that we sing
Life can be quiet
It can make your ears ring

Evil wins when you quit, honey*
We're not all as happy
as we think we have to be
We can make life beautiful
If you stay here with me
S D S Apr 2013
Two hearts beat in my chest
Two minds sleep when I rest
Two loves burn in my veins
Two fears cuffed by my chains

One soul fights for success
One soul wants to digress
One man in suit and tie
One man dresses to die

The clarion call of stress and strife
Pulls two souls towards one life
One man stands in my skin
Where two men just had been
S D S Apr 2013
Sleeplessness might be a curse
More hours should be a blessing
I cannot find joy in madness
Sleeplessness is sane-less-ness
Insanity turns to absence
The void in my eyes alarms
Notice bring stress and tension
I'm too wound-up to sleep
I'm a snake eating its own tail
I should visit the pharmacy but
I rush to get home instead
Too tired to do anything
Too tired to fall asleep
Insomnia is a cruel mistress
S D S Apr 2013
A handgun protects
A handout will ****
Greed is a method
Love is a skill
Just care for yourself
Sad means your ill
People don't change
Lies that we tell
S D S Apr 2013
The boy was never happy
the way other people were.
He didn't need to be.

He could be happy
in the way a sadbeast might.

He shivered in the cold wind
of a spring morning.

He saw the sun crest over a sullen hill,
and watched gray clouds light
with a sorrowful sigh
as each quiet beam of sunlight
graced the air.

The boy sang the sadbeast song
and frowned while he smiled.
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