(i'M Not Frightened).
(I’m not frightened).
(I’m not frightened. Barely alive…
Though I do recall my mother telling me about my birth)
But have you seen what they do to people out there?
How they tear the flesh of screaming bones
how they feed the ground with death!
(Well… Its humans being humans. But don’t be frightened).
But have you seen the news lately?
Yesterday a man did something unspeakable to another man
and a woman said that she did what she did out of love…
(It always seems to have to do with love. Doesn’t it?
To get it or to get away from it.
Too little or too much…).
(I don’t know…
But they like it when you cry.
They’ve been hurt too, you know.
And the sun is never new. It’s just you).
(What can I say?).
(I do appreciate my cigarette in the morning!
Every morning…
And I promise I’ll try to smile again.
I’m sure I can make it this time!).
(And by the way…
You wouldn’t be so surprised, if you didn’t lie all the time).
(I don’t know why you lie...
And then again, perhaps I do.).
Lars Eriksen 2006,
Copyright © Lars Eriksen | Year Posted 2006
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