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Cassidy Sylvester Poem
if you were to ask
me why i love you,
i would say
i love you,
Good days and bad days alike.
I love you when you are brisk and unforgiving, like midnight in january,
and when you are inviting and warm, like an afternoon in July.
I love you when you are bright like the sun
that rises and awakens a new day.
just as much when you are dreary like the rain
That drowns my petunias and washes yesterday away.
I love you because you are Sunday,
You restore me and leave me feeling new.
you are all my favorite colors,
lovely in all your shades and hues.
I need you like i need night lights,
an essence of assurance in dark and lonely places.
i search for you in everyone,
but all i ever seem to find is failed expectations and painfully empty spaces.
I crave you the way my eyes long for sleep
When early mornings follow restless nights.
you are stubborn, hard headed and obdurate.
but i love you all the more
when you won’t admit that i am right.
every morning when i wake, i see you with fresh eyes.
my love, you are the answer to this question…
you are all the reasons why.
Copyright © Cassidy Sylvester | Year Posted 2017
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Cassidy Sylvester Poem
Lab Rat Race -
Well it’s a hard pill to swallow
that we aren’t promised tomorrow;
but the rent is still due today.
Sure, you’re losing your mind
but you still made it to work on time;
That’s just the nature of the rat race.
Corporate Boss treats you
like you’re nothing but mere profit.
Remind him of your name,
I bet he’s already forgot it.
Who did he impress
to get a corner office?
Maybe he sold his soul
or maybe he just lost it.
Guess that’s the price you have to pay
to send your kids to college.
That’s enough to break a spirit, I’d say.
Roger from marketing is on line two,
selling his pitch for the cure to all their sorrows.
“It’ll take the edge off of existence.
Don’t mind the long list
of warnings in lighter ink that follows.”
“Worst case scenario, you lose your mind forever.
A price they’re willing to pay
just to possibly feel better.”
That’s a cruel way to fill your pockets, I’d say.
Copyright © Cassidy Sylvester | Year Posted 2019
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