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