Submissions by madmadamjay

Tic
Tock
Tic
Tock
It's me three am
How tragic we meet again
Oh I see it's keeping you awake?
That silly thing inside your head.
Don't you wish you could turn it off?
I don't have that issue see... I am but a number on a clock
Don't let that fool you though my power does run deep
For I'm the witching hour and trust me you aren't suppose to be
"I don't want to be so please make it stop"
Child no one wants to be awake this late
besides the phantoms of the night
Tic
Tock
Tic
Tock
You again ?...

My umbrella shields the rain,
my bandaid hides my pain,
the mask hides my expressions,
the pills shield my aggression.

My umbrella broke,
my bandaids soaked,
the mask cracked,
the pills back-lashed,
and once again I am insane.

I work
I clean
I raise
I sing
I dance
I play

I struggle
I cry
I stress
I make do
I go without
So my child doesn't have to
I, the single mother.

Shine your light on me
So I can see
So you can see
So we can see
"What's that there? "
Oh that's me
Do you see my big feet?
Move the light up
You see my long hairy legs?
Move it up some more
See these big bright teeth?
where'd the light go?
Where did you run to?
You mean to say
I'm less scary in the dark
Then in the light ?
But it's just I, the one you've been speaking to all this time
Craving acceptance
Reassurance
That you
accept me, for me
But expectingly here I am
Once...