Tick Tock

 

Popped the pills, drank the drink

Yet my mind just keeps me awake

Drifting through some worthless crap

that refuse to go away.

tick tock...i hear time pass

tick tock...pour another glass

tick tock...sleeping pill

tick tock...let time stand still...

By the time I fall asleep

The clock will wake me up.

By the time my eyes fall closed...

tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.

I lay here, tossing and turning

I lay here, my mind feels like it's burning

(tick tock..tick tock) 

No chance it will all go away

And damn!! I will still be awake.

Drifting through some worthless crap

That refuse to go away;

I popped the pills, drank the drink

And now I just can't stay awake.

~~grb  10/2013~~

Centerpiece

It was the centerpiece in my life

The heavy, but very much welcomed weight. 

Yet, I no longer linger on its existence

Or wish it to be mine again.

But I do sit with my good memories,

Remembering what I loved most.

Each day now, I awake to find it.

To find the one thing to make me feel complete.

I no longer feel I am lacking anything

As this feels like something I never had.

So now I linger...

I linger on something new,

Something that I don't even know....

My mind frees, my body relaxes,

I just want to feel it all.

It was the centerpiece of my life

It was everything I was and everything I had.

But like all centerpieces, it faded.

It dried up, aged, became different. 

I suppose I need a new one.....

~~grb  10/17/2013