Sprawled across a sofa

Sprawled across a sofa

Wasted

Closer to feckless than reckless

Wondering about life

The fact of it

Lost in details

Written into the margin

It is easy to forget

There are so many fine lines.

Mindlessness is easy

There is little drama

Until it smashes you in the face

The pain of it

Proves the truth of it.

Existence lies

In the space between

Neurons

Remaining constant.

The reluctance to jump

But doing it

No matter the odds

Getting up

Is harder work

Than giving up.

It takes little in the way

Of stones

To wobble

We all do.

How many times

Has a day begun

With a crawl

To the bathroom door?

Not so much now

On bare boards

There is nothing new

In it.

Floating my boat

Is harder than it sounds.

Bring on the dancing girls

There is something to be said

For a good chorus

It can put a spring in your step

On a cold day.

Undo the straight lace

Loosen some skin

Skip to the loo

My darling

And remember

The last time

You said goodbye

The sun still rose.

Days break

Every morning

They care nothing for you

And cry for no one

More’s the pity.