Too deep
Rolled down
black socks and cheap sandals
Undersized
tank top pouring over love handles
Some sun
block on his nose, sporting pince-nez shades
Ten-dollar
mullet cut with some gray hairs in the fades
He’s a big-time
optimist with a great big high hope
A sweetheart
he imagines as he’s getting high on dope
Mr. Happy go
lucky has aged into a stoned dreamer to keep
A forced
smile in place cause it’s hard not to go down too deep
Too deep
with no light above
Too deep
lost looking for love
Running in
circles trying to walk a straight line
He’s just a
square, crying inside says he’s doing fine
One time he
was the life of the party, everyone’s favorite guy
Lost his
feel, felt like a hamster on a wheel and didn’t wanna try
Love was the
ticket, tough to get through the thicket, always another chore
More time,
more money, goddamn where’s my honey? Can’t deal no more
Seemed to be
the harder he tried, felt lonelier and cried; “What am I doing wrong?”
I can’t
possibly replace; close my eyes I see her face; I know it’s where I belong
Barefoot
walking on sharp stone, climbing up alone; I struggle cause the way is so steep
It’s dark, I
push on to the light; it’s my life and I’m going to fight! Not turning back I’m
in too deep
Too deep, but
I think I see light above
Too deep,
lost but I know I found love
Running in
circles trying to walk a straight line
I’m just a
square, tired of lying about doing fine
I want to be
the life of the party, everyone’s favorite guy
Found my
feel cause of you, babe you’re my reason to try
Never too
deep…
Tim Windisch
05/31/2023
