Confused and Odd

I’ve been set adrift in a cloud

So far away from fools talking too loud

The charlatans who all wear their shroud

That’s why I’ve never liked crowds,

There was a time I had some faith and hope

But there’s far too many at the end of their rope

Dumbed down with bad education and dope

I’m caught here standing on a box of soap,

I used to watch the contrails in the sky

Then I realized there more than meets the eye

Aluminum oxide several miles high

Do they intend for all of us to die?

You wanted me in a passionate moment in the park

Yet, at home you wouldn’t even make love in the dark

It’s quiet but in the distance I hear a dog bark

That look on your face, cold and stark,

These are the memories that make up a life

The love, the faith, in the midst of strife

Some of those recollections still cut like a knife

At times I wonder will I ever find another wife,

We are all victims of twisted fate

While to our own funerals we’d rather be late

Always wanting to be part of something great

I sincerely doubt the affairs of state,

They say all men and women are just a wounded child

How many of them regretted divorce after they filed?

When was the last time you truly smiled?

More likely you’ll go through life beguiled,

Sometimes I have to look up and ask God

How much more can you give me a nod?

The talented bypassed by those who plod

Isn’t this world quite confused and odd?