11 Apr 00

 

 

Investment

 

I took what you gave

greedily

but never returned it

as I was caught up in me

because my life was a mirror

with in which

the only reflection

was me,

my wants/needs,

all I could see

the only feelings

those that came from

the one inside of me

my only awareness of you

came at the end

as you tired

of a siphoning me

 

 

By

 

 

Everett E. Phillips, III