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danger will robinson May 25, 2012


 "Danger, Will Robinson, danger," 
I hear in my head,
 something from the TV sci-fi show
 I used to watch as a kid, 
only now in this case,
the danger doesn't come from without
 (even when I think she's to blame)
but from inside my head where I am 
utterly unprotected and can't escape 
what I know is inevitable,
 some deeper part of my psyche
 pushing me into a fray 
I can't possibly win 
and might not survive, 
like being on one of those 
manic amusement park rises,
clutching the handle bar 
for dear life 
when I have no other
 means of control 
completely lost 
in the space inside me, 
over reacting to who she is 
and what she says 
and what I wish to do. 
"Danger, Will Robinson,"
 the robot inside me says, 
yet, naturally,
 I don't heed its warning.

 


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