A Day in the Life of Me

[paintedmusic]

A Day in the Life of Me
11.26.07

I while the day away
getting drunk on sunshine tears
basking in children’s smiles
watching da Vinci paint the sunset in bruises
(till my vision turns black and blue)

my dreams fill with crescendos
scribbled into a flawless masterpiece
(of problems and endless Kindergarten mistakes)
splashed like giggles through opulent clouds
spread like butter through breaded eternity

I breathe in the honeyed shrieks of impish mirth
taste bud-blasting spices crushed from tainted purities
beating hearts that bleed colors of a winter sunrise
dyeing trees in vibrant shades of fire
(flaming in a Phoenix rebirth
that will occur in seasons to come)

I watch the smile spread in people’s voices
looking like music notes floating by
mellifluous apples of golden glory

and then, once the day is done,
I retreat to my Springtime home of poetry
and cry myself to sleep in metaphors and similes
all so that, tomorrow, I can do the same