Chairs and Tables - A Poem
This poem started off as a bit of an innocent observation. I'm starting at uni in a few days time so you can see where the inspiration has come from.
But then it suddenly took a bit more of a cynical route...
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Chairs and tables, it's all the same.
Except when we were five they were a little bit smaller
And and as we grew, they did too.
Now a desk needs room for more:
A computer, a tower of papers and forms.
There should be a law
in place to limit workload
'cause my tower's getting so high I can't see over anymore.
But the guilty truth is,
I kind of like it that way.
Because hidden behind paper I'm hidden from pain.
And if you get lost in it deep enough,
you can't even see that same old desk that grew with you.
If you get lost in it deep enough, you begin to forget
That you're stuck in this cycle that will never end.
If you get lost in it deep enough, you can live so many lives,
One story, one case, one job at a time.
But if you get lost in it deep enough...
It's got you.
This guilty pleasure started when you were five years old,
Staring at the paper with your name in bold.
Trace over it careful now,
Don't slip outside the lines.
You'll learn that as you get older,
Be careful with that paper,
And whatever you do,
Don't slip outside the lines.
We wouldn't want that now would we?
Chairs and tables, it's all the same.
And I am trying so hard no to like it that way.
But it's all I've ever known.
Take Your Ground - a song of mine about breaking out of that cycle
My CD, A Brave Thing
- Amy Naylor
Amy Naylor A new generation of singer/songwriter, Amy is entering the music community with an independent spirit, and quirky folk style. Her debut album A Brave Thing is available now for just £5 A Brave Thing, released 26 May 2014
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