melissaahowells
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The man took a shower In his clothes Then he promptly went to bed. I want to leave the earth quietly. Ray was sleeping in his car Til they took his dog And towed away his home. He said: I want to leave the earth quietly. Now they measure me By my whimpering each night. I have pitch-perfect timing, These are the words the nurses used in their log that they'd write. I want to leave the earth quietly. They weigh you every morning So you wear all your clothes. You order 500 calories, As of yet, no one's noticed, no one knows. I want to leave the earth quietly. The kitchen guy, he thinks I'm so damn cute Looking for signs of life He delivers my daily trays He wants to be my savior in his knightly suit. I want to leave the earth quietly. Convinced he'll find the cure, The quack alters my medications daily and often. The right synapses are bound to break. He's nailed me now into my numbing coffin. I want to leave the earth quietly. Yuppie boyfriend arrives, so I play his saccharine game. Well-intentioned people know all that's best Still pretending my life is special and the same. I want to leave the earth quietly. But the biggest clue is lost on everyone. That my time here on earth, like an over-ripe fruit, is well past and done. I want to leave the earth quietly. So, I've prepped my awaiting aluminum pod. Even talked it over quietly with God. I want to leave the earth quietly. So I do. *********** LEGAL COPYRIGHT FOR THIS WORK/POEM AND ALSO FOR THIS WRITER /AUTHOR MELISSA A. HOWELLS AND ALSO FOR THIS LEGALLY COPYRIGHTED SITE TITLE- MELOO STRAIGHT FROM HER TILT-A-WORLD I MADE THIS. YES I DID. TIME/DATE STAMPED 10:11PM PST MAY 10TH 2010 Some things I've written can only be written about with the passage of a great deal of time. This was one of them. I respect the integrity, honesty and real grit in/of this poem and the facts and history contained within. Vote for this poem |
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