TIME FOR A CHANGE
My apprenticeship I've served
In the academy of life.
Now it's time to put aside
All the tension, toil and strife.
It's time to do the things
That I've longed to do for years:
The things which give me pleasure
And help to stem my fears.
Although it may be difficult,
The time has come to be
Strong minded and determined,
And think, for once, of me.
For over twenty years, I have
Been shackled to the clock.
A slave of punctuality,
A prisoner in the dock.
My writing always has been,
And ever will remain,
My only true protection:
The thing that keeps me sane.
And, if I can make out of it
Enough to pay my bills:
Then, at last, I may have found
A cure for all my ills.
Copyright Peter Jones 1991