I am human
born with one master command
"marry me"
marry me to life
join my beating heart
breath and rushing blood
with desire for that beat
to continue
marry me to my family
make me inextricably bound
so that nothing,
not even time,
heals the welts
marry me to a government
any government
my future manipulated
and controlled
by the far-removed and uncaring
marry me to a job
one that pays the bills,
taxes, etc.
expenses incurred
by being alive
marry me to love,
if I am lucky
for even the master command
allows something
with which to soothe the hurt
In a list
A contest entry
- Free Verse Writers....It's Time To Be Creative by Dalaney.
975 points, ended June 3, 2008, 18 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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