When the World Changed....

I woke up and the world had changed.
There was no warning, no neon red lights.
It was just different.

I had aged 23 years.
My toys were collecting dust.
There was responsibility sitting on my dresser.

I didn't want to see it, so I worked around it.
I turned on the TV and watched a few cartoons
I dusted off those old toys and shined them like new.
I told myself I didn't have to move forward,
I just needed a little time

I needed time out from the shady night life.
I needed time out from mixed signals.
I needed time out from reality

I could have drank.
I could have smoked.
I could have snorted.
But none of that's me.
Well, except maybe the drinking part.

I just don't see how it all follows.
The rules are different now.
The pace and the problems.
I just want to hold your hand.

Just your hand...

When did you want so much?
All of sudden it's too much
We're through before we began...
and you're gone...
I wake up alone.

I put the toys away.
I shackle on my common sense.
So I've learned not to nap.
It's a temporary relief.

I bide my time cleaning and writing.
But your jacket's there haunting me.
Striped mockery.
I foolishly miss you.
But I'm thankful I didn't foolishly kiss you

My poetry sucks.
So you both have that in common.