Ready To Go
People are wandering around the town
With their heads pointing to the clouds
People are wandering about the town
Looking like fearful clowns
Nasty men with hard backs
Are walking about the park
Harassing the women in the boiling sun
They have no shame, they have no claim
They are looking for someone to blame
Today they are sorry, tomorrow they apologize
And they keep playing the game as if they are bad
No one knows how to deal with them
Unless they resides in heaven
The police come and warn them
But they continue to show disdain for them
The preacher woman is walking about the street
Shouting out something that is very deep
She too is trying a thing but she is full of sin
I try to find some form of consolation within
But nothing can console this woeful feeling
that is weighing me down, and keep tossing me about
The environment is just not right
And I am trying so hard to put up a fight
To get my spirit and soul in order
Oh how my heart is weeping
This place is giving me a chilling feeling
I want to leave this place before it is too late
And I am waiting patiently for heaven
to break down this horrible gate
The clock is ticking and I am waiting
Here I am sitting in the park,
with cracked earth crust and dry ground
The rain has fell so many times
But the dryness is still welled up inside
The dried out fountain with dirt growing inside
Stands isolated in the middle of the park
The dirt is growing around the grill
But a new coat of paint could cover the shame
The garden palm trees are standing still
with decorative fruit hanging from their limb
the roots need molding the bows need trimming
And the entire rundown park needs an urgent make over
The make shift vendor kitchen tents
are squatting around the park
And the kitchen heat has ruined the garden palm leaves
They looked withered, battered and tattered
There is no grass or flowers to mystify my painful hours
Everything is disorganized and beauty comes with a price
I just can’t imagine how the center of the city
Is so haphazard and filthy
people would love to hang out here
But it is really not a good place to roam about
The brown cracked earth is staring at you
And the kitchen vendor add more woe to the city decor
Heavy smoke from the jerk pan filtering in the streets
And the aroma from the seasoned meat saturate the air
You can get a box lunch if you have some money to spare
Broken leaves hanging down from the root
and everything is beaten down to the ground,
people are loitering around
But the sun is going down
Young men and women are wandering about the town
in fashionable clothes and shoes
The Gods have temporally relent
And the people are getting ready to bend
One day of suffering has passed
And the people are ready for a new start
I am pack and ready to go
Because I don’t want to be part of this terrible show
I am pack and ready to go
But I am not sure which way to go
Canada, London or South East Asia
I am still trying to figure it out without a doubt
The east the west the north or the south
I don’t know but the clouds will take me all around
My heart is heavy and my spirit is sad
I must take my leave to make my spirit glad
A thousand years have come and gone
With legend of old dog barking at the door
The withering body of world war two artifacts
Is lingering about on the school floor
And keeps knocking from door to door
I am pleased with the outcome
But I am displeased with myself
because I am very hard to bend
I am ready to go so wish me good luck before I go
Copyright © Christine Phillips | Year Posted 2020
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