05 Apr 00

 

TRY

 

 

I sometimes worry

because I am not everything

you could possibly want me to be

but I guess if I was

you would quickly tire of

and be rid of me

 

I sometimes strive

to what I expect

you expect of me

but it is never any good

because the one I become

never seems to be me

 

I sometimes leave

when I don't like

what I find

not bothering to learn

what you are

and why

 

I sometimes forget

what it means

to be with you

to have someone by my side

that not to be lonely

means to try

 

By

 

 

Everett E. Phillips, III