brand new world

my eyes awoke to a brand new world
betwixt - my heaven, my hell
i tossed a - lighter - dream onto my back
straightened, wore my smile well

i stumbled over - an uprooted memory
as i rolled - down from my bed
buried it next to another thought
that of - to be -left dead

while dragging my way across the hall
i bumped - into - an aging regret
i nodded - a nod - impersonal
and then -my silence - to myself - i kept

i wrestled hope - from deep in my pocket
and - left it - soaked to my tongue
then - stomping into this brand new world
with that - my life - had begun


1994