When The Mood Strikes Me

by Twan - Aries

And I climb out of the tub and dry off
Cause it's 8 and the night's just begun
For a few hours I let myself be free
But I can only do it when there's no sun
And walking toward the place I know
Is the one thing I know I'll get right
I just want to enjoy my time and have fun
I don't really want to fight
I meet them and try to laugh
but the sounds catch deep in my throat
I pick my sword of verbiage
and charge over the yawning moat
The words mean nothing and the eyes
can only mean so much less
And I find myself in the badlands
I caused all this mess
I used to be such a good boy
what happened to the kid that I knew?
Left me here uncomfortable
Left me here without a clue
And I'm sorry but you're not my type
I can't seem to say that phrase
As I meet the eyes of the one
Who causes in me a blaze

I run into the alley
And demand your gaze for a while
Well, you know me because it's been before
You've kept my particulars on file
All I can taste is this moment
All I can find is a wreath
But I can't begin to understand
what purports to lie just beneath

But all I can do is sit back
The mood has struck and I try my best
to not think of what I lack
Mentally I'm here but I'm not here
I'm somewhere in the sky
You think I'm putting myself down
my humor is just kinda wry

And the night strikes me down and I'm crashing
I'm gazing up at the stars
I used to think my whole adulthood 
would be spent drunk up at the bars
But I don't much concern myself with
the things that I used to do
The mood hasn't struck in a long time
It never got worse, never grew
Sometimes I get wistful in the moonlight
Sometimes I wish I was still there
But this is the way it has to be
Even if it's not fair.
Birth sign: Aries
Date created: 2007-05-16 02:18:07
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:47:07
Poem ID: 71672

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