I’ve got a Bed

I’ve got a Bed

By Sarah Sexton

I’ve got a bed

A warm comfy bed

A guy by my side

To share my lifetime ride

Did you know

Sleep’s easier

Times two

Comfort increases

Safety encases

My family’s

Slumbered security

 

Initially at first

Backs plotted the floor

Towels draped

And adorned

Restless shadows

Instead of

Quilts, satin sheets

lack on said

Beautiful bed

Carpet threads

Have a count

But I prefer

A mattress instead

Numbered nights

Dressing the ground

With our sleep

Sandman dreams

I counted

Days of pain

My body endured

But I can’t complain

No, I can’t complain

Present time

I have sheets

Lining my bed

I got a bed

A bed

A bed for my head

 

I walked by a guy

Asleep in the rain

Alone in his zone

Remember my quote

Life is calmer times two

Quick as a flash

Gazed the monument park

Dawn’s walk exposed

Lives without those

Warm covered cloaks

Bodies in full sleep

Sprinkled the dark

Like tombs in the grave

Not buried

Just brave

 

Friends minus shelters

Rest in the rain

Thoughts wonder about

Believe it or not

Families squat

In square plots

Think in your heart

Poverty roots

Everywhere

Environmentally

Desperately

I ask you to think

Question your heart

How do I start

What is my part

 

Educate sweet kin

Illuminating the

Shining situation

They may be in

Dedicate, and act

Generate service with-in

Charity starts

Straight from the heart

Opportunity sparks

With love in the air

Spreading rainbows

For despair

With care

Love bounds

The big atmosphere

 

So I cannot complain

About hard floors and the pain

I have a bed and I’m blessed

Because did I mention

The bed’s in a house

 

My family wakes up

Praise is paid

Because I’m grown-up

Inching close to old

It’s a trade-off and bold

Wiser but ridden

With differentiating pain

Pop quiz daily

Lazy and sun questions

My sore body

What agony

Do you feel

Answer a,b,c or d

From head to heel

The aches begin in my back

Radiates thru my left leg

But fancy, I walk

So I cannot complain

No I cannot complain

Solace out weighs the pain

 

Many steps put in

Fresh air I breath in

And salute to the man

That steers with his hands

Lost two feet

A hero no doubt

I give praise as I

Swerve a respected

terrain

 

And when I ain’t

Got time

With two feet

To march the line

I hop in my car

And travel quite far

I happily cruise

Heat glistens my seat

Advantaged and pampered

Insurance and ignore

The lifestyle

I beseech what I see

And feverishly reach

Realize the privilege

Bestowed upon me

 

I cry in the rain

From pain I feel

I cannot complain

Charmed, blessed

Auspicious, beneficious

Companion two functional feet

Push me along

Again, I hop in my car

Did I mention there’s more

We possess two hot spots

In a corner, particulary small

We gracefully park

Our luxury rides

Rides mark time

In the dark

For their next breath

Ignited via me

 

Once upon a time

Five fridges aligned

Our kitchen’s rear aisle

Pushed against the posterior door

Hot meals skipped

I might have been bitchin’

Nothin’s workin’

In the brand new kitchin’

Ain’t no sense

Prepared meals paid

A nutritious serenade

Our extendable table

Delicious whole grains

Nourish our brains

Spoiled to be

Bellies filled completely

The lesson was there

The lesson was learned

Break bread with the wine

Oh that wine is divine

But back to the sentiment

A Samaritan grauduate

So I cannot complain

No I cannot complain

Because I lack hunger pain

 

Losing power for short

Is par for the course

The sudden outlook

Certainly is bleak

Instantly think

Terrible storms

A fire

Reposition desire

I’ve gone without

Quietly shout

Abundance on our table

Thanksgiving addressed

For a life that is blessed

So I cannot complain

No I cannot complain

For dark splattered by rain

 

Did I mention

Our family

Stumbled without cable

No wifi and unable

To secure homework’s

Time table

Quickly stomped

To the Story Book

With wine in my hand

Treats adorned

In bags on the hook

And we fancy

Our gathering

Of completing

Assignments on time

So I cannot complain

No I cannot complain

About an iPad wired

Without wifi temporarily

Because still at most

Going green is a host

Of difficulty and

Problematic

Houses lacking technology

Again, humbled and blessed

With a pc

Traveling with me

Write on a bench

Not far in a park

Beneath a shade

Ridden tree

My complaints lay

Lain because I

Own no blame

The list of

Amenities

Trail a long tail

Runs long and is

Tall so further I share

This real call

 

Above my short truth is told

Not lacking to hold

We have premium

Items and luxuries

But beside them

It does not disband

One moment

Without doubt

We hold troubles

That boil and bubble

It’s decent to say

Life doesn’t go your way

Adversity appears

Makes you stronger

For longer

When shit pops up

Your struggle

Runs out

Runs deep within

Your heart and right then…

 

I believe deep inside

We have unease

Followed by pride

Our world is filled with

Bleakness that divides

Again, my heart screams

There’s better than not

Feels from my feet

To a rolled-up knot

Love spreads the land

People quietly stand

Warm souls with beliefs

Embedded equality

I join your hand

In life’s generosity

There are more of us

Idealizing positively

Unfortunately

We’re not leading

The country

 

I’ve got a bed

God damn

I got a bed

I cannot complain

And if in your head

Offended, please understand

This piece of rhyme

Is the mild for my mind