Free Cee I Ink Therefore I Am
I INK THEREFORE I AM
Of course I’ll never forget the woman
Her name has been needled into my flesh
forever with ink that makes me think
What if?
As I woefully wonder
Wonder what if the woman hadn’t have been the woman the woman had been
What if the roses would have been real?
What if the scars could finally heal?
What if her promises hadn’t been promiscuous and pernicious propaganda to produce the inevitability of her selfish desire
What if I had been the one to put out the fire?
What if the stars stopped seducing the sun into nighttime
What if solemnity didn’t seem so sublime
It happened on a day darker than the darkness at midnight
And I wonder
What if I never had to wonder
Why, wonder I, did white turn black
Front to back
Smiles to frowns
Ups to downs
Clowns to clouds
Candy to bitter brandy
Licorice to liquor
Fine and fancy to forgotten
Silken sheets to common cotton
What if and why?
Two questions that make me think
All because of some indelible ink
© 2012…..PHREEPOETREE ~free cee!~
Copyright © Jeffry Cohan | Year Posted 2012
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