i feel i’ve failed
by newSkinjoy98
Posted to Action Poetry on 2002-06-27 23:25:00
the one thing, that you had expected
to be oh so great, now washed away
like rocks from a beach
i tossed a bottle up in the air
there was no destination
where it should fall
but when the bottle comes back
it knocks me on my head
forcing my eyes wide open
i feel i’ve failed you
there is no measure
that i can tell thrice
four or a thousand times
in words and faults
and confessions and madness
i’m left counting my fingers
for digits to arrive
i mean a certain sort
of thought or word
i am trying to define
this ounce by ounce
and still more substance
to shed like dollars