RAPID CYCLING POEMS

I'M OK

I’M OK

I’m fine, I lie, don’t stay, just go; I really am ok

Don’t worry, I’ll mend, you certainly should be on your way

You’re out of your depth, upset, you don’t know what to say

Now I feel bad, so stupid and sad, should have hidden my pain away

You doubt my words, unsure, confused, I can see it in your eyes

But you’re busy today, no time for this, so you accept my dismal lies

It’s easier to leave than to stay and face what my woeful truth implies

You know as well as me that my smile’s no more than a feeble, thin disguise

Would it be so bad to have stayed and heard my worries?

If it had been the other way round I wouldn’t have been in such a hurry

That I troubled you so much, took up your time, for that I’m terribly sorry

But sometimes all this pain is too much for one person alone to carry

Maybe it seems to you I’m fussy, bored, fed up or surly

 But in truth I dare not share what horrors trouble me, not truly

And so I lie that I’m ok, shrug off my woes from you successfully

You did your best, but flunked the test, you need to leave so clearly

Your time is precious, it can’t be lost; you value it most dearly

Perhaps next time I am distressed I’ll book you sometime early

A friend in need, is a friend indeed, but you failed miserably

And so it goes, I’m on my own, you have your life and I have mine

And in my shoes you’ll never walk, and from this day on we just won’t talk

Your back is turned, oh how it hurts, you’ve gone away, I watched you walk

I will be fine, it is ok

I’ll live, move on, survive the drought

Tomorrow is another day, I’ll be here if you need me

I promise

Despite everything, I’m ok.