September 13, 2019

What I Would (Really) Like

were I to say aloud

that my day isn’t working

or everything I touch breaks

or that I spilled my coffee

or

pretty much anything else

that says things are kind of going

wrong

for me

what I would (really) like

would be that if you hear me

(and I know you do

hear me

your grunt shows you do

hear me)

what I would

really

Really

REALLY

appreciate would be if

hearing you could also show a care

to help me get down

from this precipice

I find myself on

I’m stuck up here

alone

and in mortal danger

of falling

into the silence

that

accelerates my doom