By sarah iristakeroot@juno.com
Date: 6 November 2000
alarm clock 9:41 am
i thought i would continue to cry
as it seemingly is when your world is taken apart
piece by stable piece
then when finally the wool is gone
and the rug laid else where
you can lay down and snooze a while before
another little subway trip to reality
but instead i embraced it
and decided that it deserved to be enveloped
that made me a little high
knowing this
i'm scared
taking these chances
living this life
even though its the only one i have
so what do i do now
take a little walk on the tight rope
and see if i balance
or do i take a little high dive into
the waiting net of all my peers
who i can see laughing and jeering over my head
if this ever happened
not my peers, but my family, i can see them
saying that i failed once again
me on my fourth job this year
did i say stable piece before?
i might want to take that back
now i come to find out that some see me as a drifter
not that i think its horrible
but i thought i was comprised of other materials
where to run to now
not run
but where to live my life next
what chance to take
where does my freedom lie
and how can i attain it
maybe i can sleep on it
or maybe thats also
what i've been doing
and i need to wake up
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