Nobody gets this
sudden self awakening
they were never really asleep.
When a mother feels life
slipping away from
her fingers, she
holds close hope like a
breaking flower.
she watches the fragile
petals weeping
in a beautiful death
Nobody has a self awakening
We're all exhausted
insomniacs painfully aware
of each moment
like a poor man counting pennies.
lost a twenty
between the sewer vents
it trickled down down
he tried so hard to get it
but the passersby laughed at him
tearing at the street
as tires kick trash
in his face.
"someone give me a hand"
says the dreamer
lost in a cement land
"I just need someone to talk to
because everyone's eyes are
dried up and deserted."
and he is told
"You're not dreaming
and you will never rest."
Wide-open eyes,
brains like computer chips
with a stand-by emotional button
oh you can switch it off
you can switch it off
just make sure it don't come back on
The wife can't have an awakening
as she's sleeplessly counting the minutes
her lover is painting some corner red....
Comments (1)
nice