Bequest

you were born too broke to pay attention
so it is very sad that you never could tell
what has been happening all of this time
behind the noise of your everyday life
        how someone has been mentally sizing you up

        for a soft and quite comfortable coffin
ever since you were born unto this world

                      

                        dead alive

since the very beginning of your time
in front of me and all the rest of us
you've been quite dead for almost every second of it

make no mistake about that

since the very day you were born
(too broke to pay attention)
you've been dead or close to that

          with only the chance to briefly know it

like a picture book, or as a fleeting thing
something to struggle for, endlessly
and then forget

         repeatedly

each time you do figure things out
you will always deny it
like clockwork
right after,
each and every time
right after. . .

just to make it easier,
easier to wake up
the next time and the next
to the common struggle again
and again

each and every day. . .

like the rest of most of us
grinding away
until the end

holding close whatever we call dear

what tastes to us the most real
(you better hope it starts over)
                         differently

every time

Author's Note

Reviews

[JackValor86]

dead alive! theres alot of death themes in your poems lol

[Nipplegrinder]

This one begins with a cliche, I'm all too familiar with.
And I think you really know how to end a piece.
Another enjoyable piece, mangm

[Davidgeo]

You're too generous with your comments. Like some kind of jewish nazi mr bright side. But you're right, I do know how to end a piece... I just can't figure out the other parts.

[Abraham George]

good one.

Please tell me how you add youtube video here.

[Davidgeo]

A simple google search can do that far better than I can.