clenched teeth

A knee that wont stop jigging 

a nervous energy 

thoughts darting back and forth

 

<Scream> 

 

a racing heart

no solution

<scream> 

So ... damn ... tired ... 

oh to sleep 

but sleep wont solve it 

will it ? 

time 

that will heal it 

surely? 

The oil tanker

its there on the horizon. 

the land is in front of it. 

its not there yet. 

 

proud is the the captain

his eyes are the best 

their jobs he tells them to do

He expects them to be as good as him. 

in front of it the land gets closer. 

Jobs are not being done 

yelling 

its not good his ears are not working

DO YOUR JOB! he yells

But sir!? 

The engines are ordered into reverse

slow and lumbering 

its fate inevitable. 

Its course long ago set 

blinded by hubris and pride

nothing will change it now. 

Over the sides everyone leaps

but the captain stays 

alone

his fate soon to arrive.

Petrichor

The rain started to fall. 

the smell was wonderful. 

the windows let in cool air

like the drums of tiny gods 

 

and then it was gone. 

 

Too soon, 

 

Come back rain. 

the work that needs to be done

Ugh, 

the work

The work that NEEDS to be done, 

Does it ? 

Do I have to ? 

I HAVE TO. 

why? 

The stars are above me, 

desolate. 

No work there, 

shall i go ? 

ants crawl over my feet. 

Working

Working ants

nothing else to do but work. 

 

anything but this is..

better than work ! 

Ugh, it needs to be DONE.

Small things are important things.

I looked at the stars,

so far away, 

yet really so close ...

comparatively,

to the scale of the universe. 

Cool wind hit my face, 

a bird chirped. 

Out there was so big, 

but down here I felt small. 

Lips trying to frown. 

 

<pause> 

 

A small smile, 

it was just a bad day, its not a bad life. 

gosh how those stars sparkle. 

Tiny footsteps, 

Tiny hands, 

Silence broken. 

My world, my universe is at my feet. 

How lucky am I :)