Steaming Bowl

Everyone has a steaming bowl of sadness
A bucket of tears
But mine is coated with madness
And sprinkled with fears

We all get one pot
For every sad thing
We cry without thought
For no cheerful bells ring

They keep coming and coming
We can't make them stop
We try running and running
Like robber from cop

But we just can't get away
They just won't go
The tears are to pay
For what we don't know

Every bowl will hit like one big barge...
But I think mine is two sizes too large
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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December 24, 2008 at 10:40 AM
A clever concept! ...kinda like '...is the bowl (glass) half full, or...' A question of perception. '...two sizes too large?' ...hmmm. God bless, Keith
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