Spring Break
There’s a break coming soon,
I hear everyone all say.
A time when I’ll sleep till noon,
For all that nine-long day.
I can shirk my duties until
The time of break is done.
But even as I stand so still,
Clock hands know to run.
I open my eyes, finally,
And looking around I see
Marathons of duties I forgot,
That after I left to rot,
Are then again within my care
Leaving me now with much to bear.
April 11, 2010 at 10:56 pm | Poetry | No comments
Just Cause
I haven’t the reason to care,
Not one bit, not the slightest bit,
For that relic over there.
That once upon a life,
A person I knew who called
Himself the name of me
Did give his worth to
What I now do see.
I haven’t the reason to care,
None, no reason at all
To worry of happenings
In a cause I left.
But today I have
A Just Cause
To care for the past
I once let go.
To care for those things
I left to waste.
And all those opportunities
I made myself miss with
A Just Cause.
A Just Cause,
Which is a fickle thing
That lends itself to
My moment’s whim
Yet when these whims
Forever shift and change,
Just causes rearrange.
April 10, 2010 at 12:06 am | Poetry | No comments
Taking Forever
In this barren field of forever,
There lies a fresh sprung sprout,
Buried under winter snow.
We call her promise.
A promise waiting to be kept,
Meant to last and blossom
To beautiful spring from
When seldom tears are wept.
I stand on my side of
This double-knotted obligation,
Pinkies crossed and hoping
The other endures the duration.
He calls it naivete,
That cynic over there.
I’ll do what I do and hope,
For the everlasting promise
Of fresh new change.
But before forever’s done,
Chances say I’ll be gone,
And in that double knot untied,
The lonely side left is one.
April 9, 2010 at 11:53 pm | Poetry | No comments