Because - Version 2, Stanza 1
(this is the first verse of 10 I started in January 1997 and substantially revised in April 2010 some 12 years ago. I think it’s still growing.
because morning comes and daylight happens
because yesterday may well be put right
because there were better memories (remember)
because truth was not always to the fore
because whatever is said is said regardless
because things do go wrong, awry, fall apart
because two plus two does equal four
because the rumours had more truth than lies
because a minute is divided into sixty seconds
because damnation and salvation are opposites
because life itself isn’t always as expected
because memories linger and you can’t change them
because people starve, hurt, cry, feel pain
because you’re ridiculed, stoned, hit, beaten
because tomorrow may bring a bunch of flowers
because waiting is significant though it may not seem
because the city will stand long after you’re gone
because three million words don’t change one action
because one word is sometimes more than enough
because criticism stings and praise goes ignored
because balance is subjective, open to argument
because the fool suffers in an angry cloud of smoke
because theories are dispelled with a flick of the wrist
because my left hand writes lines fast as you like
because a measured footstep is a social statement
because from tiny acorns grow massive oaks
because this poem is mine it can say what it likes
because a walk in the park clears the head
because alcohol sends the doubts spiralling
because, because, because, because…
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