every day I write things down

every day I write things down

that is what I do

sentences go round and round

and quotations show what's true

I've got words and words

and nouns and verbs

to do with what I like

every day I write things down

sometimes just for spite

ceiling fans

the ceiling fans are humming

you can tell that August's coming

by the rays of the sun

beating down on everyone

Lord have mercy

the lawns are gray and brown

all I do is lie around'

and complain

about the lack of rain

can you help me?

my apartment does not have AC

this will be the death of me

as far as I can see

we're on fire

I's like to be cool and wet

instead I am upset

all I do is sweat

and perspire

it's hot

and I am not

happy

you who work the earth

the sun beats down

on the workers that harvest 

the fruit from the trees

the berries from their bushes

the lettuce that we eat

I watch from my brother's car

air-conditioned, running fine

and I think about how different

their lives are from mine

          forgive me

          I'm not responsible

          for the advantage of the birth

          I respect you

          I admire you

          you who work the earth

all my friends are good looking

all my friends are good looking

I do not compare

I don't have brains, looks, or money

but I've got personality to spare

something happened

something happened

inside my mind

and it made me the way I am

something wrong

is inside of me

and I don't know how to stand

up for myself

if you're someone else

you win

all my life

I've suffered from

the emptiness within

but I ain't done yet

I'm still going

but there ain't no

way of knowing

what I find

or who I shall be

it's somewhere inside of me

and I can't see it yet

I can't see it yet

poor man's whiskey

I took a drink of poor man's whiskey

but it didn't make everything all right

it didn't make any damn difference

with the pain I am feeling tonight

now you're gone

and I'm moving on

but I can't leave you behind

I'm here missing you

and I'm learning to

ease my hurting heart and mind

invisible

I am invisible

not seen by the naked eye

everyone that passes by

is unaware that I am here

no one can hear me

not a kitten or a pup

just when things are looking up

I start to disappear

I am invisible

I am not worthy of you

everything that I've been through

fades when you are close

you don't understand

the failure that's inside of me

the sorrow that you can't see

from my head down to my toes

          don't look for me

          you'll never find me

          here amidst the ashes of your heart

          don't look for me

          you'll only remind me

          of the moment when we split apart

I am invisible

I am out on the run

needed by no one

a stranger to your eyes

there are no reasons

there is no place to hide

from the misery inside

but one day I'll arise

and I won't be

invisible

invisible

to you