Summer

Leaves blowing gently
On this hot summer day.
No time to enjoy it,
I've got bills to pay.
Broken heart on the phone
Clinging desperately to hope
"Please don't leave me,
How can I cope?"
Brand new love
Growing stronger every day,
Leaving me breathless
As he sweeps me away.
Seeing my family
Slowly sinking down,
Deep into their bottles,
Beginning to drown.
Leaves blowing gently
In their lazy summer way.
Still got no time;
Same shit, different day.

-July 2004