I can feel the breeze through the window but there are no feelings in tow. All I want is the fresh air but it has been eaten by us. If I go outside all I will find is noise Noise that unsettles me A car passes The noise leaves only to be replaced by a different me. I smell trees then shoes Then sewerage then food. The perfume of an attractive woman back to feet Did someone fart?
The point is poised, ready to drop Which way will it go before I stop this path of destruction can only get me so far before I undo all I've done to be who I am The city closes in on you and takes your essence Leads you to the path The room is small and sound is all around No space to live It leads you to the path There's so much light but you have to find it When you do there's no-one with you to enjoy it But keep working because it makes life easier Or keep digging till you hit gold Keep digging till you get old and no-one can hear you cry all the hear is the same old sigh and they'll leave you to die because you didn't spend enough time enjoying life
I am sitting here. At the phone. This is the phone where I announced a child was dying. Lauchie. I didn't know him well. But he is a huge part of me now. I was sitting at the craft table making David his 100th spongebob when Lara came over to me and said 'we need to call someone' and ran off. I turned around and Lauchie was lying down his Dad looking concerned. Lauchie started crying, like he had a little fall. I looked at my feet. Blood. From where? I look at Lauchie about 4 meters away. He's bleeding. My body kicks right into action. It's like a trance state but without the peace. Like I'm spinning off into space, the only thing holding me to earth is my determination to help. That happens in an instant. That instant feels like a slow 10 minutes but the next 10 minutes feel like an instant. Lara's at the phon 'who do I call?' she calls a code blue - or is it MET? - Dad screams for a fist aid kit I grab it and fumble fumblefumble fucking hands sta...
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