Work

What am I doing?

I haven’t the slightest…

Here I feel surrounded

by the best of the brightest.

Yet I am the star…

of this one act performance.

And I’ll play my part

as if by an ordinance.

My job is tough

I’m overwhelmed

but when the waters are rough

a skipper takes to the helm!

Set up the server right now!

It wasn’t done yesterday?

How was I supposed to know?

I’m doing all I can today...

Fate

I'm sitting on my stoop next to an almost empty beer.

And I'm cold, alone, and honest throughout.

But I don't understand what it is I fear.

And I'm lost. What is this all about?

The pavement stares back at me.

Insultingly empathetic.

It seems to glare at me.

You're fucking pathetic.

And I wish, wonder, and wander.

Just inches from my gate.

But there's no room to ponder.

How is this my fate?

How self-righteous I've become.

Thinking that I must matter.

Now I will succomb,

but I wouldn't rather...

Affection resurrected

What will it take to sustain affection?

Can we proclaim a resurrection 

of feelings gained which were lost?

If only I could be the boss

of my heart, of my choices.

To redeem the sounds of the voiceless

voices that haunt my weary past.

And all this time has gone and passed.

And it passes. And it passes.

Fleeting winds. Dissipating gasses.