Yet You Wonder At It All

Maybe I'm lost now

All my thoughts seem to fray

I'll tumble through stars

And watch the world float away

And where did you go?

Adrift in the deep

Search for blithe words

I'll not make a peep

Surrounded with silence

Get lost in my head

Shift through this dust

It will cling to your tread 

Explore this great vastness

So insignificant and small

Explained so clearly

Yet you wonder at it all

I wait for your answer

Never comes quick enough

You wait for me to say something

But what's the point of such stuff?

You never seem to listen

I never seem to say

I'll write it all out

And watch the words float away

Divide & Conquer

Let us divide and conquer -

I'll divide myself in half

One side to wail

One side to laugh

One side to smile

One side to sigh

One side to hold the other

When one needs to cry

I'll divide myself into pieces 

Conquer each one in turn

Put them all in boxes

To study but never learn

I'll label each box carefully -

Flaunt the pretty ones around

The others I'll bury

Out of sight deep in the ground

They unearth themselves sometimes

I drive them down again

Just not quick enough to

Avoid them causing pain

They rear their ugly heads

Somehow I never see

How slowly they creep up

And sink their claws in me

I hack at all the pieces

Divide and divide once more

Shove them all in their own boxes

Feel the absence in my core

I visit them in secret

When no one is around

Unable to fix the puzzle

I bury myself deep in the ground