Careful
you say that you will be
careful
so careful
with me
but
you can't stop these thoughts
these flashing images
the paranoia
invading
invading
in
vading
you say that you will be
careful
so careful
with me
but
I'm not so careful with myself
and I set the standard
for which you must
rise above
and know
that
careful
is a new word to me
you say that you will be
careful
so careful
with me
but
every time I hear that word
from your mouth
I worry
that I will be
destroyed
in my self's idea of
careful
that you are learning
from me
you say that you will be
careful
so careful
with me
but I don't know what
careful
means
to me.
October 25, 2005