Cynical

 

Breathing

Is as difficult

As climbing

The Eiffel Tower

Naked

Shoe-less

And snowing.

It’s funny

Never

Thought

That

Stomachs could

Literally turn into

Knots.

A single mind

Could beat

Out

An Olympic

Runner

By Ten

Whole

Minutes.

Jumping to

Wrong

Or

Right

Conclusions is

About as common

As

The

Cold

Itself.

Inner peace

Is

Barely

Spoken

Since it is

As

Rare as

The

Plague.

Always

Do this

To the brain

And lungs

And stomach

And every

Other

Vitality.

Must be wrong

Pray

For ignorance

Hope

For incorrect answers

The

Brain pumps

Out

Every five

Nanoseconds

Beg

For the ounce

Of safety

The heart

Could provide

(If it

Actually wanted

To).

Words have

Never hurt

So much.

Skepticism

Is the roommate

That won’t

Get

The

Hint.

“Just

Sleep

Well”

No amount

Of sleeping

Will

Overcome

The

Thoughts

Racing through

The fragile

Breaking

Mind

(Especially

When they’re

Nightmares

Anyway).

Caring

Is a sin

(Obviously)

And should

Be

Treated like

One

(Apparently).

“Take note

Of that,

Will ya?”

Always have

Always will.

“My

Girl”

Go jump

Off

A

Cliff.

Reviews

[alesuriko]

Haha this is wonderful. Many parts made me giggle. It's so cynical, like the poem invited me to believe, and because I'm such a cynical person myself, I find cynical things amuse me. This certainly did the trick. I really loved it even though I usually hate poems of this structure. This one was really great full of sardonic imagery. Like
"Skepticism
Is the roommate
That won’t
Get
The
Hint."
I really, truly love that sentence. Creative and inspired. I also really loved the part:
"Caring
Is a sin
(Obviously)
And should
Be
Treated like
One
(Apparently)."
That one was hilarious with the side notes of obviously and apparently. Great commentary and awesome write. Very inspired and creative.