let’s play a round of life. deal me in. i’ve been watching from the sidelines and now i’d like a chance to win. shuffle well and cut the cards. bets are in. it can’t be that hard. i’ve got a bit of luck and a poker face. and up my sleeve a spare ace. my optimism has been fanned. double up. place a bet. i’m all out of country mansions and lear jets. but i’ve got just enough for my stake. and it’s all or nothing. deal the cards. don’t make me wait. if you want to know what I really think. then ask me what you want to know. if you really care what I have to say. stop looking like you want to go. if you could even give a damn about anyone but yourself. then i wouldn’t mind so much that you are checking out someone else. how can you stand there smiling and lying to me. i will never know. if you’d like the time of day why don’t you give the time to someone else. if you’d only asked about me then I wouldn’t mind hearing how you felt. if I had a hundred dollars for every time you promised me you’d be true. then I’d have the sort of money that would make me interesting to you. how can you stand there smiling and lying to me. i will never know. the only escape the cool clear water. hold your breath. dive in. how long has it been. underwater there is nothing but peace. fluid and blue. life in suspension. a sanctuary found. a patch of ground. small victories fuel desire. light a fire. the life you sought. to strive so hard and still finish second. some battles should never be fought. some races you can never win. if you knock it down you’ve got to build it up again. if you lose the old. what will the new one bring. it’s dangerous to take it away. if there’s nothing to put in its place. it’s good to march and demonstrate. to build and to create. don’t be destructive. you might hate all it stands for and you might be right. but when it’s gone is that the end of your fight. what will be left of this place where we live. and is destruction all you had to give.