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Gonna Break

Janet Kuypers, 12/01/11

after almost losing my life
and unable to hold a job
i
became a dependent
on someone with better fortune
who threw me a life preserver
attached to a really rugged rope
so i could stat afloat
over these tumultuous waters

and this life line’s been a godsend
as i’m riding the waves
from atop this buoyant ring

it’s been a nice ride
when my savior’s good fortune
covered my nine hundred dollar a week
medication, allowing me
to survive and thrive

and yeah, i hated
becoming a dependent
having to survive
off someone else’s good fortune
having no control
over that life line,
letting me live,
but holding me in

but at least i’m on this little donut
my little life preserver
being dragged behind my own cruise ship

and it was all smooth sailing
and the weather was perfect
until the big storm came along
and almost overturned
my little life ring

when i looked up
the cruise ship was gone
and all that was carrying me along
was a little row boat

that’s when i realized
my salvation, my special someone,
the one with the better fortune
they lost their job too

so now i float here
leaning on my little life preserver
and that rope to that little boat
seems to be getting
thinner and thinner

i look at the shoreline
knowing no one on land
would want me for work

so i look back at my life line
wondering when
that rope
is
gonna break

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