Change

by TW Crawford


Good morning
night
dancing in the
dry rain
I taste
the cold light
of your 
beautiful pain
and she
was like all 
these things
simple but
complex
formless
and yet
bound to
flesh
nakedly I'd
dress
my hopes 
in her doom
stalking her
car in our
room
and game
kept playing out
the same
cause nothings
changed
we still play
the same 
games
So
I take hours
cooking up
fast meals
plot frugally
on energizing
myself
with 
expensive thrills
living for today
in yesterday's
walking deliberately 
thru a contorted maze
But,
I should know 
better
because I
deserve
better
I've
seen better
I've met
better
but better was
only disguised as
better
but underneath
better
inside was only 
different
and different
held true
to being original
but just like you
different
had her own issues
So I take off
my shoes
and lacing them 
up
slid my shirt
over my head
as I unbutton
the front
These days,
I find myself
trying to be myself
while being someone
different
anything but
corny
everything but
boring
Before I kissed my mornings
good night
and
warmed my bed with
cold light
I loved you ma'
but now I kiss my
nights in the mornings
and warm my
bed with pretty faces
and hot lights


Change by TW Crawford

© Copyright 2002. All rights reserved. No portion of this work may be duplicated or copied without the expressed written consent of the author.



TimBookTu Logo

Return to the Table of Contents | Return to Main Page