Take a number and wait until you're called.
Published on May 7, 2008 By dynamaso In Poetry

The world is out there

But this room is a comfort

The box glow keeps me warm

And I feel safe here, inside

Pictures from out there

Make me paranoid, checking the doors

I don’t want anything in here

Giving rise to my insecurities

 

So don’t come knocking

Cause I won’t answer

I might say I’m going away

But do I really mean it?

 

My world is encapsulated

In the cotton wool of possessions

Too much is never enough

To stop me wanting more

Back fire or gunfire

It really doesn’t make a difference

I won’t feel safe in my space

Unless deadbolts are installed

 

Don’t ring the doorbell

Cause I won’t answer

I say I’m not going to be here

But do I really mean it?

 

In my world, I control the remotes

The positives and the negatives

All the luck and chances

Won’t make any difference in here

I won’t come out of this shell

As it is of my own making

I don’t see these walls as a prison

They’re more like an escape

 

Don’t bother calling

I will pretend I’m not home

You said more than enough

Now I want to be alone

 

But do I really mean it?


Comments
on May 07, 2008
Very nice, Maso. I'm familiar with that frame of mind.


By the way, you're going to kill me for this...but you being an Aussie and this poem...well...let's just say this popped into my head:



~Zoo
on May 07, 2008

Zoo,

Thanks mate.  I'm not really like this, just in case you were wondering

As for the insert, unfortunately, I can't see it (has something to do with the firewall on my work server - I can't see Tex's slideshow either ).  If you could give me the link, though, I will go have a look at it.

on May 07, 2008
Zoo, you need to be worried dude!    I was thinking THE SAME THING!

(Yeah, Maso, you got some weird friends here...  )
on May 07, 2008

Yeah, Maso, you got some weird friends here...

Damn, now I'm really intrigued.  As for weird friends, at least they're never boring

on May 07, 2008

 

As for the insert, unfortunately, I can't see it (has something to do with the firewall on my work server - I can't see Tex's slideshow either ). If you could give me the link, though, I will go have a look at it.

Sure thing.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQi4CAzmrA

Zoo, you need to be worried dude! I was thinking THE SAME THING!

~Zoo

 

on May 07, 2008

Okay, now I get it   And there is NOTHING weird about liking Men At Work...  The band used to do a great live medley with 'Land Downunder' as the base song.  It always went down huge with the punters.

on May 08, 2008

Very interesting.  Nice work Maso.

on May 08, 2008

Nice work Maso

Thanks, Peter.  Good to see you, mate.

on May 08, 2008

Good stuff, Mark

I think I like it so much because I can identify with it a lot. Kinda sounds like it could be a song.

on May 08, 2008
Chris,

It actually did start out as being an idea for song lyrics and I still might put music to it. Well spotted, mate.
on May 12, 2008
Of course you don't mean it. You post here and I know it is because you want to be connected to others.

You can tell me go 'way, but I'll still keep coming back.

Your Mate Moskowitz
on May 13, 2008

Buddah,

Ah, you saw straight through me, mate, and for that I'm very pleased. 

Come back anytime you like, my door will always be open.