By nikki
Date: 19 May 2000

Thanks, Mom!

Mom warned me about guys like you.
She said that running with the wrong crowd
would eventually lead to my destruction.

She was right, you know.
After spending time with you,
I have become the most horrible of people.

I live to drink,
every glimpse of you a refreshing
sight to eyes that before were
surely blind.

I have to curse,
the gods, the Fates, Time,
for making me live so long without you,
for keeping me from your side for now.

I’ve learned to steal,
every moment of time 
a precious gem that even the most
skilled burglars would vie to gain.

I’m a cheat,
laughing at the darkness
as the depth of our love
turns even the strongest of
doubts away.

Yeah, mom was right.
But I have to say, that I’ve 
never been so happy that she was.

5/19/00  nl