Cripple Smiles

I can't reach far without toppling over.

I can't believe without a four-leaf clover.

I can't move on because I never began.

I can't take risks unless it's part of the plan.

I just can't choose;

it's just the thing that I couldn't do.

I can't get up out of bed today.

I cried the last five hours away.

I don't approve of my own lifestyle.

I fade away behind a cripple smile.

I just can't choose;

it's just the thing that I couldn't do -

I couldn't do.

I can't change, it feel too late,

because it's true that life won't wait for you.

So take this sunrise, feel so broken,

take a picture, so soft-spoken; it's true

that I can't do

this.

I can only see impossibilities.

I've thrown away my opportunities.

But maybe the sun will fizzle out and burn,

and these sequined words will shine in its return;

to follow through

and see what I can do.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

"I can't change, it feel too late,
because it's true that life won't wait for your.
So take this sunrise, feel so broken,
take a picture, so soft-spoken; it's true
that I can't do
this."
So many lines stood out in this poem. The above lines are true. Hard to get up and find purpose when goals and dreams are so far away. A excellent poem.
Coyote