I suppose this is the part where we
play responsible adults,
we face the world as it really is,
we join hands, and I
try really really hard to say and do
the right things
now that would be something,
wouldn’t it?
you glower at me in that
“why don’t you just grow up?”
sort of way of yours
and, of course, you have some point
but would I be blowing anyone’s gaff here
if I were to point out
we’re all just pretending,
everything here’s an illusion,
we’re really still in a sandbox,
fighting over plastic toys, coloured pieces
of candy, and who ‘owns’ what corner
of the sandbox,
and who the hell are we kidding,
why do we go on pretending,
and why do we think we really know
how the world works
and we’re completely lost
and we all just want to
curl up into a ball and cry
and we know Time isn’t on our side
so we just make it up as we go along
and maybe things will work out, sort of?
– you give me a sharp jerk on the arm
so I guess it’s time I buck up
and face what everybody seems to agree
are the ‘facts’….