I think most people picture a parting phrase,
The “I love yous”,
Or something like,
“You’re going to be in a better place.”
It’s hard to describe,
I feel like I’ve had sort of a perspective change.
It’s hard not to imagine like I’ve seen death,
And when we locked eyes,
I saw the heat edge of reckoning’s face.
I feel the beating of my Heart’s drum,
The thud,
‘Dum duh dum’,
Speedy pace.
Just the thought of dying keeps me from sleep,
Head held hostage,
The fee for sleeping isn’t worth dreaming myself awake.
I haven’t been eating,
Meals come every several days.
“That’s a symptom”,
Our argument's reflection gleams at us from the squeaky clean plates.
I’m too busy teething to be worried about being flush in the face,
My colours been gone,
I’m blending into both the whites and greys.
Should Do with Each Symptom
Are things we should do with each sympton;
Find cause then learn how to preempt them;
Searched around,
And then found,
Some ways that we can, also, exempt them.
Jim Horn
1. Stand in the bedroom and realize you need something that's in the kitchen.
2. Go to the kitchen to get that something.
3. Get to the kitchen and forget what you needed there.
4. Go back to the bedroom.
5. Get to the bedroom and remember what you needed in the kitchen.
6. Repeat, ad nauseum.
Some things are just symptoms,
Take a look and don't invent some,
Poor excuse for the lack of truth,
When you let it gain momentum...
Don't blame it on society,
As the cause of your anxiety,
It's the lack of thought in what you were taught,
That will keep you from propriety...
If you look into the mirror,
And the images get clearer,
What looks back at you is in focus too,
And it draws you to come nearer...
But if there's no reflection,
Then its hiding from detection,
That's where it will stay until it finds a way,
To re-appear for your inspection...
Who needs parades or who gets the wing?
We have no need for carols to sing.
For what matters today
is:" Get out of my way!"
as Black Friday and bargains are king.
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