sweet repose

by elisa hinson - Libra

Bills loom large
Over our makeshift
Mattress bed

Kind of like
Camping
I tell the girls

Forcing the cheer
Rallying the proof
We will surpass
Disaster

Candles flicker
Roasting marshmallows
For dinner

Nothing but
The best of fun
Tonight

It is hard
But I try not
To think of

Them

And 600 dollars
Worth of makeup
Lying unopened
On his bathroom 
Counter

His world weary
Voice crying out

It's not like you
Think
A kind of madness
You'd never believe

Inescapable
Unavoidable

But she wheels
Him away

Dust clinging
To fast food 
Dinners

And grocery
Store roses

He sleeps
In relative ease
Eyes heavy
With increase
And excess

While I wait
Two days
'Til payday

Hoping the 
Lights will
Come on

Tomorrow

Reason for writing:

    an old one...found it while rummaging...thought i'd post it.    

Birth sign: Libra
Date created: 2005-01-31 22:09:27
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:45
Poem ID: 70525

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