LifeLife can be described as a computer program.You have all of your thoughts, friends and feelings, in different directories, subdirectories and files. Things can be confusing when you try to over ride a command you swore never to attempt. You feel it blow through the mainframe and motherboard, causing malfuntions to pop up. And all the files run together making you lock up. You are stuck in a situation you have no control over. And until you reboot, there is no accessing your files to see what needs to be fixed. Rebooting brings all of your files back into place and puts them in the proper directories and subdirectories, to be viewed by the keyboard operator (you). To decide what to save or to delete in the otherwise complex scheme of things taking place in ones mind. To be able to keep circuits charged and currents flowing, so that a normal life can be lead . . . * * Written January 18, 1998 age 19. Realizing you can bounce back after hitting bottom. Return to Poems |