Spectator
TalkingMime09
Funny how
I never did anything
Because I knew how
To keep myself out.
And funny how
I never had to
Understand what
This game was about.
The spectator watches this game,
A mind, apart and delayed.
There is no role for a spectator
Who never tried to play.
A thousand beads of sweat,
A thousand unshed tears,
A thousand drops of blood
Only the spectator spares.
The spectator watches this game,
And watches the winner cry warm tears
And the loser who laughed a hollow laugh
That never echoed his fear.
Funny how
I never did anything
Because I did not know how
To let myself in.
And funny how
I never had to
Understand how
This game would begin.
Monday, June 12, 2006