No Time Like The Present

look around,

your life is scattered on the floor

with the randomness

of a blind man's rummage sale.

c'mon now,

offer me up

some rock n roll salvation

from circumstance.

the finest day i ever had

was when tomorrow never came,

unfortunately, the finest

has never been mine.

turn around.

see where you've been?

i've been there too

and i'm not going back.

walk forward with me.

i'm becoming to them

what you were to me.

quotations never quite live up to themselves;

do you live up to yourself?

you.

actually.

broke.

my.

heart.

not in a romantic, break-up,

lalalala, we were in love,

oh-so-much-teen-angst

way.

but in the worst way possible.

betrayal.

i understand, i'm not like you.

you're a writer, i'm a poet;

almost like distant cousins-

poets are kind of like people.

but still.

words i was never meant to see,

but that you can never take back.

it's terrible

when unexpected obstacles come up,

isn't it?

dante was right on when he placed people like you.

and i'm not sure if i can

ever forgive you for that.

but i'll try anyway.

not for your sake,

for mine.

for the first time in my life

i'm not all about you.

for the last time in my life,

it's about you.