Brain backs
down the station.

Mind on rotation.
Radio elevated.

Heart beat stumped,
sedated, frustrated.

Each thought I hate.
I have hated.

Every victory
celebrated.

Each loss
outdated.

Planned out
and placated.

Fell down and felt
the skinned knee.

Growing up
in gravity.

Worse the wear.
Beware, it’s me.

My worst enemy
looks back at me.

Feeling free
and at ease.

Please, please me,
my Beatles.

Find the show’s
brand new season.

A season of time,
no reason.

Finding time
is fleeting.

Thank God I breathe.
I’m breathing.

Steam in the cold,
not freezing.

Rhymes without reason
Baby needs a bottle.

The starving need
to eat again

The freedom feeling
fleeting.

Wondering when
the leaves fall

if this is the
changing of seasons

 

Jason Wright is the editor and founder of Oddball Magazine. His column appears weekly. His third book, Train of Thought 2: Almost Home is available now at the Oddball Book Store.