To The Beat of a Drum

A Poem by C.J.G.

eyes low
heart slow
beating to the beat of a drum unknown

stakes high
red eyes
how can you have the blues when you're sky high

on blues
yours true
she had those sparks in her eyes until she met you

eye bags
long drags
I'll play your puff puff pass until my lunges collapse

dead heads
the kids said
it wasn't our fault, we were just tucked in bed

she's got eyes,
but I've never seen a mother so blind

blind sided
could've confided
it's never too young to be open minded

mind racing
high chasing
they say I've got 9 lives, but God I'm fading

mother, father
he almost caught her
but it all blurs together when you're floating under water

familial ties
famliar lies
she's got eyes in the back of her head

but it's only when
she turns around,
that you'll see
they've gone dead

skin and bones
the Sunday drones
she's got the bluest blues for the sins she owns

grinding up
winded up
who wants bud when you got the blues love

she's sad
he said
she said she once had said

but it wasn't my fault daddy
i was just tucked in bed

but her heart races
as her mind chases
the blues that make her moan

for it's never silent
when your heart beats to the beat of a drum unknown.