August 28, 2004
Even better, the world I sewAnd this is how his story goes...
Let go the time of too much beer
Complete, the 'gaities of Saturday night's cheer'
Resolve to keep drinking the more, the most
Give the keys to your host
What others have been locked inside
Inhabiting four hours of another ride
Wait and drink and drink some more
Until laughter ceases at the door
Do not call, do not be so inclined
Do not you dare, with your present company in mind
I can wait, as I have, through hours long
To know that you are safe and that you have done no wrong
They must not hear and they must not see
The evening you planned to spend with me
Keep me hidden and tucked away
Save me for the next rainy day
Waste no time in waiting for me
Lose yourself in drinking heavily
For, although I waited and although I passed
(When it was offered and I was asked)
I held out, everything, I held out all that I would do
Just for the patience of spending time with you
And, alas, do not bawk at all these words
Though perhaps extreme and a bit absurd
For I have promised to myself no longer to deny
Whatever I feel and whenever it grips my mind
It is past eleven and I should be in bed
Yet flustered thoughts keep me awake instead
But I feel better, letting my true feelings show
Letting my temper and dramatic fear flow
An overactive mind I surely may keep
I may go too far and I might dig too deep
Thus, the reason I write it all down
To put it somewhere, the thoughts that I crown
So here it ends, the story of tonight
I shall seek slumber knowing everything's alright...