Just an Existential Clown

I’m in a gloomy way

My baby

She strayed

I’m caught in a solitary fray

My naivete

And this aloofness and

Dismay

She said

She missed my attention

So she sought redemption

For my crime

My lack of time

There is no complexity to my rhyme

For her,

It’s

“An eye for an eye!”

But you must hear the flip side

I confide

She’s fixated on the bottle

At full throttle

Too many times my heart had to wobble

This Jekyll and Hyde

So I stepped aside

From her self-absorbed ride

I’d never thought she’d leave

My content and tolerance deceives

My illusion

I heave

Far away from me!

My castle came crashing down

To the ground

I thought everything was sound

I wear this frown

Along with this crooked crown

And this awkward gown

Dazed

I weep

I drown

I’m just an existential clown!

Authored by Shellie Blevins