Seconds

My life now 
is of seconds
seconds yes of
time for it
has slowed down
but things that
I have and
things I do
things I eat
and things I
love are all
but seconds having
already been firsts
to someone else
funny thing about
seconds they are
the only thing
that once gone
can’t be gotten
but then again
yes they can

DoDoing

After a lifetime 
of avoiding things
the simplest things
that makes one
independent and interesting
I have learned
that there’s pleasure
in simply doing
And now not
only do I
do for myself
but I also
want to do
for you and
again it’s the
simple do doing
that makes me
do for you

Everyone

Everyone in 
life has
suffered equally
it’s far
too easy
to point
and say
how lucky
luck has
absolutely nothing
to do
with it
whereas sacrifice
always does

Fringe

I guess that
some people give
in order to
get that some
people please so
that they are
pleased and some
choose to belong
in order to
feel they deserve
oh but me
I have found
my greatest comfort
on the fringes
I’m the decoration
never the pillow
I don’t bring
comfort but rather
that silly thing
you twirl with
when you’re thinking
about something else

DonkeyWash

And every week 
at this point
I’m taken back
to a time
when I lived
on a farm
and every morning
a donkey ran
up to me
from the hill
honking and honking
making the same
sound as my
washing machine now
a simpler time