Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Some People Have Real Problems - Ode to Sia

Some people have real problems

I read one day

On the jacket of a cd.


No place to stay

A black eye from last night’s domestic fight

Locked away by the flip of a coin: a case of mistaken evidence

Abandoned by irresponsible parents


Some people have imaginary problems

Electric currents pulsing through you in rapid succession

Turning beauty into nightmare

Happiness to emptiness

Easy to hard

Energy to inertia

Lust to love


Some people have no problems

In a perfect world

A perfect inner heaven

A perfect bountiful sea


Some people can’t tell the difference

2 comments:

MochaSwissMrs said...

Beautiful poem.

L said...

Thank you very much! I appreciate it.