Life Can Rarely Be Sweet
	© S. Cordeiro 4/11/01

Life can rarely be sweet
Like candy
We all want some every now and then
The sweetness of the sugar reaching our lips 
And holding on into our stomachs
For worthy costs.
It goes downhill from there
To a hospital bed
Leather straps
Metal buckles of brass
Holding me down tightly.
It hurts to struggle
Though I keep trying.
Cutting through my soft skin
Shedding golden blood
Down the silver steel rail.
The nurse comes in
To give another needle
In the same spot she did two hours ago.
My muscles are sore,
As she doesn't see the blood, now starting to thicken on the rail.
She doesn't seem to care
On how much pain I am in.
I close my eyes,
Relaxing after a hard days struggle
Through life as it gets better as well.