Saturday, February 5, 2011

Sad Bench (Traurig Sitzbank)

She took a sad walk

to a sad bench

she left her coat at home

she was bare and all alone


so she shivered,cold

with her head held low

like a heavy sack

of don't look back

she was sadly on her own


and she settled in

to a sad pose

on a sad bench

she called her own

and she faced a world turned cold



she took a sad walk

to a sad bench

and she made no sense

at all.....


she had her last laugh

on a sad bench

where she froze to death

late fall


she had no where else to go

there was no one who she knew

except the place she sat and grew

older and colder


she took a sad walk

to a sad bench

where she used to sit and watch

all the pigeons in the park

coo in tune


She used to feed them

crumbs of crust

when she had shoes

She used to name them

when she still

could be amused


then darkness hit the park

like a curtain drawn

on a stark

grand stage

where she used to entertain..

crowds called out her name


when her shoes and mind were

sparkly way beyond

the sad bench

that she now was frozen on


she used to wake at dawn

put her ballet shoes on

and dance with the birds

before she went

to her dressing room


then the bombs were dropped

and the music stopped

and the pigeons

topped tin plates..

dance shoes were replaced..

boots in marching gaits....

and she got lost

in all the hate


now shes layed out

on the sad bench

like a sad tune

that keeps on playing...

to no one


She took a sad walk

to a sad bench

she left her coat at home

she sadly sat alone

and let it go.

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