I 'm a pendulum.
Swinging in and out of the light,
Wanting to come out of this mood, to smile.

In the dark now,
Heading in and getting darker,
Helpless but to stroke another depressing second.

About to strike now,
I know I'll turn back soon,
I can feel the soft light on my back assuring me.

I have turned,
Finally light is on my face,
Those frightening thoughts seem to wash away.

I burst into the light,
I know it won't last forever,
The darkness behind relentlessly tugging at my mind.

Your mood changes
Like the second hand on a clock
My hour hand keeps moving
But I just can't keep up

I went to the park one day,
just to watch the children play;
And upon one of the Swings,
I saw the saddest thing.
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There sat this lonely child,
whom I never once saw smile;
It broke my heart to see,
this nine-year old, next to me.
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I quietly said to her,
"How are you, little girl?
Would you like for me to play,
with you, on this beautiful day?"
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She never made a sound,
as her teardrops hit the ground;
"Didn't mean to make you cry,"
she answered, "It's really alright.
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I must be going home,
Mama doesn't like me to roam;"
And then she disappeared,
so full of anger and fear.
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I climbed into my car,
it wasn't parked very far;
And sitting in the back seat,
there sat a part of me.
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I turned and gave her a smile,
"Can I come with you for awhile?"
"Of course you can, I replied,"
to the child I am inside.

swings drifting
in the ever cooling air
stars sliding down
and down

The monkey bars are for
climbing up and joining
the sky and the stars
to slide down again

In this playground
no one plays
until the stars come out
and the sky is dark

In this playground
there is no one
who is there to play with you
and you play all alone