In and out of bed

I went to bed and dreamt that I was dead.

I woke… and found myself under the bed.

When you fall in love

What is it you get when you fall in love?

A punch to the heart from a velvet glove.

When you fall out of love

When you fall out of love, what do you get?

For another trip a one way ticket…

The way we learn

When you play with fire you may burn your hand,

When it starts to hurt you will comprehend.

If I could sing

If I could sing a really pretty song

It would be ‘bout love…  before it went wrong...

Why

As I live on Earth, I’d like to know why

There’s so little to smile and so much to cry.

I smile at the world

I smile at the world; the world doesn’t smile back.

I shrug my shoulder ‘n say: Oh, what the heck!

            I’d like to know…

I’d like to know how; I’d like to know where

I missed my turn and landed in nowhere.

          Gravity through brevity

If you wish to give your words gravity,

Observe the golden rule of brevity.

Just one wrong little step

Just one wrong little step, that is all it takes,

To fall flat on your face; to make mistakes.

        When you take a wrong turn

When you take a wrong turn, you lose your way.

When you make a mistake, you bound to pay.

When you get old…

Oh dear, how silly, oh dear, how absurd,

I wanted to swear… but forgot the word.

  Hell on Earth

Hell exists on this Earth; and I am hot…

I’d like to be somewhere, where I am not…

© P. J. Oszmann (2002-2007)

© Illustration created in Publisher & Photoshop (2008)