Monday, August 23, 2010

"Tension" by Kevin Mahaffy Jr.

Sometimes I want the dark

Sometimes I want the light

Sometimes I am wrong

Sometimes I am right


Sometimes I long for quiet

Sometimes I long for loud

Sometimes I long for sunshine

Sometimes I long for cloud


Sometimes I want chaos

Sometimes I want peace

Sometimes I suffer famine

Sometimes I enjoy feast


Sometimes I win

Sometimes I lose

Sometimes I’m told

Sometimes I choose


Sometimes I want to love

Sometimes I want to hate

Sometimes I want to give

Sometimes I want to take


Sometimes I like risk

Sometimes I like safe

Sometimes I let it go

Sometimes I chafe


Sometimes I follow

Sometimes I lead

Sometimes I write

Sometimes I read


Sometimes I want to listen

Sometimes I want to talk

Sometimes I want to run

Sometimes I want to walk


Sometimes I want a lot

Sometimes I want a little

Sometimes I like it grand

Sometimes I like it simple


Sometimes I want to stay

Sometimes I want to go

Sometimes I want to say “yes”

Sometimes I want to say “no”


Sometimes I want the stage

Sometimes I want a seat

Sometimes I want things messy

Sometimes I want things neat


Sometimes I feel young

Sometimes I feel old

Sometimes I like the hot

Sometimes I like the cold


Sometimes I want home

Sometimes I want away

Sometimes I want serious

Sometimes I want play


Sometimes I want to live

Sometimes I want to die

Sometimes I want to quit

Sometimes I want to try


Sometimes I want more

Sometimes I want less

Sometimes I try to hide

Sometimes I try to impress


Sometimes I want big

Sometimes I want small

Sometimes I want nothing

Sometimes I want it all


Sometimes I want to build

Sometimes I want to break

Sometimes I want to sleep

Sometimes I want to wake


Sometimes I act good

Sometimes I act bad

Sometimes I feel happy

Sometimes I feel sad


Sometimes I'm the teacher

Sometimes I'm the student

Sometimes I am reckless

Sometimes I am prudent


Sometimes I have answers

Sometimes I have questions

Sometimes I receive advice

Sometimes I give suggestions


Sometimes I prefer alone

Sometimes I prefer company

Sometimes I prefer few

Sometimes I prefer many


Sometimes I want to save

Sometimes I want to spend

Sometimes I want the beginning

Sometimes I want the end


Sometimes I am strong

Sometimes I am weak

Sometimes I want to hide

Sometimes I want to seek


Sometimes I’m the adult

Sometimes I’m the child

Sometimes I am tame

Sometimes I am wild


Sometimes I want to ride

Sometimes I want to drive

Sometimes I struggle

Sometimes I thrive


Sometimes I want it now

Sometimes I want it later

Sometimes I’m the problem

Sometimes the mediator


Sometimes I want to fight

Sometimes I want to surrender

Sometimes I’m the aggressor

Sometimes I’m the defender


Sometimes I want the sea

Sometimes I want the wood

Sometimes I feel I couldn’t

Sometimes I feel I could


Sometimes I want to lift

Sometimes I want to drop

Sometimes I want to start

Sometimes I want to stop


Sometimes it seems like heaven

Sometimes it feels like hell

Sometimes I want to laugh

Sometimes I want to yell


Sometimes I miss yesterday

Sometimes I long for tomorrow

Sometimes I’m filled with joy

Sometimes I’m filled with sorrow


Sometimes I want ignorance

Sometimes I want to know

Sometimes I want to catch

Sometimes I want to throw


Sometimes I’m up

Sometimes I’m down

Sometimes the big city

Sometimes the small town


Sometimes I want subtle

Sometimes I want drastic

Sometimes I want cutting edge

Sometimes I want classic


Sometimes I’m conservative

Sometimes I’m liberal

Sometimes I color in the lines

Sometimes I scribble


Sometimes I want slow

Sometimes I want speed

Sometimes I have

Sometimes I need


Sometimes I want to receive

Sometimes I want to give

Sometimes I’m full of revenge

Sometimes I’m willing to forgive


Sometimes I succeed

Sometimes I fail

Sometimes I want to stay

Sometimes I want to bail


Sometimes I want it secret

Sometimes I want to tell

Sometimes I'm the hammer

Sometimes I'm the nail


Always this is me

It’s true so I mention

All this is we

Life is lived in great tension


Copyright 2009 by Kevin Mahaffy, Jr.

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