A new sticker has been slapped onto my box
In addition to Perishable Items and
Warning: Contents Under Pressure and
Do Not Open Til I Say So and
Enter At Your Own Risk
In addition to all that I now say
Fragile: Handle With Care
Handle me with care
Hold me lovingly
Please come and tie me down
Don’t let me float away
Cuz if you’re not careful I just might
Lately I’ve been feeling distant
So very unattached from all of this
I feel unimportant
I think I’ve finally realized
That with me or without
The world will turn
That time stops for no man
And God
– If he’s there and not
Already laughing his almighty ass off
At us and our feeble attempts at life –
Laughs at the very idea of a plan
Send me to the edge
To The Fray
I want to save a life
(Preferably my own)
I just wish that I could do it without
Leaving the world I call home
I feel like I have to do something
Something to prove that I have worth
– I may be a bit beat up, but this is me –
Something to prove me to myself
I could disappear
Get lost in the crowd
Lost in the mail
I could die and the world as a whole wouldn’t stop
Only me
And I wonder why
Who and
What and
Where and
When but mostly I wonder
Why
Why am I even here?
There has to be a reason
I have to have a destiny
I have to be going somewhere
– Wait for me, I’m on my way –
But right now I’m a leaf in the breeze
It’s like somebody ran out of stamps and just
Forgot about me
And where I’m supposed to be going
And what I’m supposed to do when I get to the end
Of this lonely winding road
This twisted path I’ve learned to call home
So for now I’m just waiting
Waiting to say so
For someone’s hands to reach right through
Despite the risk
And hold me lovingly
Give me reason to stay down
And not worry about the pressure
Maybe even take some of it away
For someone who can strip the stickers away
One by one
And help me out of this box.