What a nice day, no, it’s a super one!

Can’t believe my luck, what’s going on?

I feel so happy, can’t stop smiling!

I feel so good, it’s simply nauseating.

I am not hurting, I have no need,

Of a shoulder to cry on, ears to pay heed.

I pick up the pieces, find another, move on.

It’s Merry-go-chairs, No! Its musical-round..!?

Up one minute, down the next.

The Mind’s on a see-saw, of roller-coaster text.

Words follow images, bleeding and raw,

Each one almost clear, without a flaw.

From a deep Calm rises a tall Rage,

Flails about lustily, beats at the cage,

Of polite manners and social norms,

Of fading beliefs and shifty forms.

Entrapped in this vortex, spiraling down,

Warm winds wearing a swirling dust crown.

Thrust up again by the Devil’s Dance,

Fear holds the mind in a choking trance.

But things have never been as good as this,

Or are you forgetting your realty, miss?

The serpent coils into your nerves with a hiss,

It’s a pact of cowards, sealed with a kiss.

This is Life, the only one you’ve been given.

Make the best of it, there’s no re-run.

Survival makes midgets of big men,

All paths lead down to that sucking Fen.

It’s called Money and sometimes even Wealth.

Used to be Love and Food and Health.

But I am well off; I bring in the Loot,

At what cost? My Dear! That question is moot.

I must be happy; I have so many things,

All the comfort that cash and card can bring.

I can afford to write poetry and indulge in Art.

Faking Intelligence, a fuddy-duddy Fart…

No one the wiser in that circle of friends.

They are all the same, they follow the trends,

Set by Authority, the One that rules their pockets,

Unaware of dead souls, eyes sunk in their sockets.

Those painted lips are smiling, that must mean Joy,

Surely it’s not pantomime, nor just another ploy,

To make me think I am ok, all’s fine and right as rain,

A Narcotic that causes me to believe I feel no pain.

Yet my laughter is too loud, lips from ear to ear,

A feat that I repeat at the hint of a tear.

Honestly, it’s a great day, I couldn’t be happier,

No, no, I’m not crying, it’s just… water falling, my dear.