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TheGoalie
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Poughkeepsie, Ny/Long Island, Ny

0 posted 2003-07-08 03:30 PM


              -Tomorrow's Promise-

The ringing constant of alarm clocks
And phones and sunlight through the
Shaded window pull me awake from much
Deserved sleep.  Wearily, I raise my head

From a downy soft pillow, a stranger
In my own skin.  Like a stringed
Marionett in the hands of a novice
Puppeteer, I being another searing summer day.

A warm breeze through the classroom
Window cools the sweat glistening on my
Brow.  I feel the gooseflesh pebble the bare
Skin on my arms, and I once again find

Myself lost.  Turquoise eyes, long blonde
Hair and a thin-lipped wry smile are the
Only things in my world now, at least until
Another pretty face steals a glance my way.

These questions raised in my head remain
Unanswered:  How did I get here from there?
Am I callous and uncaring like my father before,
Looking only for my next good time conquest?

Do I really only want a warm body to share
My cold sheets at night?  Or am I the last
Hopeless romantic left, falling in
Love with every beautiful face I meet?

I let their names linger on my tongue;
Stephanie, Rachael, Kelly, etc.  Each
Graceful and sweet in their own way, but still
Unable to hold my hardened heart in their hands.

I turn to salvation in a bottle, looking
At myself with a drunk's bleary eyed gaze.
Waiting for my fairy tale princess with
Her velvet touch to give me back all of me.

And so now I lay my ringing head down
On my feathered pillows, as dawn brings
New light into my darkened room.  I yearn
For tomorrow's promise of a new golden sun.

"Ain't Got no quarrels with God, ain't got no time to grow old.  Lord knows I'm weak, won't somebody get me off of this reef"  

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