May 14, 2014

#1620 3:30pm

the backseat of the schoolbus
coveted vinyl for may
but not for me
I was not a goody-two-shoes
or a tattletale
which is what I would suppose those people to say
but I was a pleaser
I was at times a scaredy-cat
I did not like being around trouble
it made my body tighten
not the breaking of the rules
just the being around when the rules were broken
I understood the passengers' need to rebel
after sitting from 9 until 3
and I understood the driver's need to enforce the rules
I faulted neither
but the conflict stole years from the unseen end of my life
and so I learned to pretend not to care

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