Poem: "Things Lost"

Jan 02, 2008 - 14:39 PM PST

Things Lost

Every step that I took
I wept and I shook
In vain, pleading
Pointlessly needing
Every red balloon I let go of
Crying as it was devoured into the sky above
Along with the magazine I was reading
My house keys, my toys
Any respect from arrogant boys
The library book
A friend took
With my dignity, my faith, my secret
The one friend who promised to keep it
Did you know how important it was?
They should have known
That as I lost my phone
I lost need for communication
The TV remote, the thought I couldn't live again
Any control I had left is straining
We get so caught up in obtaining
We forget the beauty of strength without them.