50 Lines For 50 Crimes

A poem I wrote for a good friend.

This is a poem I wrote for a friend of mine as a sort of reminiscent(?) act for her.> For privacy, I’ve replaced her name with the word “buddy”.> Cheers.

• I know, I know, this is your natural reaction. - Maybe to help calm your nerves, we can go fishing. - And then you can go hiking in the forest. - While I dance to the tune of life’s bittersweet symphony. - So you wonder to yourself: should I go chasing or kiting? - You decide to avoid either, and instead decide to try out surfing. - Where would one be after all, without the wonderful sea? - Personally, I’d prefer exploring the galaxies. - Deciding to outdo me, you take to parties. - How lively you seem to be, buddy, at these formal parties. - These lovely, silly parties. - But it seems you’ve become the waitress. - I suppose it’s ideal you’re ageless, otherwise the only feeling indeed you’d be feeling for me is a sort of hatred. - I guess I can try my hand at scaring little babies. - All I’ve got to do is repeat the number 50. - Scaring 50 little babies. - I kid of course, if love is what you desire, I care not to inquire. - Just remember to calm the fire, or it dare burn brighter and brighter, consuming all that ever once transpired. - Besides I’d much rather have my own private jet. - Ignoring my reply, you turn to yourself. - Never let yourself down, that’s what the mind is for. - So take all the jewels you own, for soon we will end up being ninety. - Take them, take them all. - What is the purpose you ask, of this bloated charade? - Have I no refuge, is there no ending to this stupid game? - This time, I turn to myself, and I say. - I say. - I say absolutely nothing at all. - There’s just a smile with a nod. - The game after all has just begun. - You want to throw up after the cliche, ease the growing pain. - “Don’t fight it, don’t.", I say. - “Don’t fight it, you say?", you say. - “No. - For if you do, the pain will never go away. - One must after all cleanse the body to cleanse the brain.” - “You think you know everything, do you - you might as well study tooth decay!” - “You have a point, dear buddy of mine, but as I’ve mentioned before, I’d rather be exploring on my private jet the vastly multiple planets of our vastly wonderful Milky Way!” - At this point, I’ve come to understand finally the entire reasoning behind this short lived school day. - I’ve come to comfort a friend, help her out in any way. - 50 lines for 50 crimes. - Buddy, can you read between the lines? - But the point is, silly, that wherever I decide to go, I’ll be venturing along with you in my imagination too. - I know, I know, this is your natural reaction. - But just relax and instead…. breathe. - Breathe for the birds and bees. - Breathe for him (if you must). - Breathe for friendship. - But breathe. - 50 lines for 50 crimes…