Over This Sink

by J James - Pisces

Tin cup touches my lips
seconds before i felt it
every motion becomes 
seconds behind the clock
that sits blurrily atop
the shelf that wasn't there
when i arrived
felt like i dived 
a million times into 
a pit i created in my head
should i say it created 
and inflated to the size
of acres upon acres of
self imposed hell
they sell $5 bucks worth of
suppossed space and time travel
while i travel 5 blocks 
to feel like i've walked 
a million miles barefoot
on cracked glass with
houses strapped to myback
the next morning
why do i put myself in this 
agonizing fistfull of nightmares
over this sink?
are they better than the ones 
i live through day to day? 
the ones when i'm awake 
i take it and overcompensate
for what i missed in the pit
the night before...what for?
i have no answers
cuz this 3 hour dream world
serves me none and what does?
nothing
guess that's my
one answer these days...
if i know one thing out of
all this artificial temporary insanity 
it helps worsen what's 
already got you down
it's the simple arithmetic
that multiplies misery and 
divides pride and the friends 
you hid from
in the first place
to keep them from
the face with no dignity 
this tastes like unhappy to me

Reason for writing:

    bad bad bad night to drink    

Birth sign: Pisces
Date created: 2000-02-07 02:27:29
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:41:47
Poem ID: 54676

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