4-19-01

automatic


and i wonder, could anyone ever love an invalid?
i see myself in a passing window and try to think of someone who did.
he didn't know it at the time, she had pretty eyes and a reassuring smile,
but her looks can only deceive for awhile

the eyes were shallow like reflecting pools,
showing nothing more than grinning fools.
she smiled all the time like she was taught,
it's easy to smile when you've got no thought.

meeting their friends was always fun,
she couldn't help but like everyone.
every activity with her was good,
she did what everyone else would.
she played well with others,
was even liked by their mothers.
some thought she was shy,
but she always had a guy.

she never spoke out or took a stand,
it was like she was a toy in someone's hand.
she lacked any autonomy
ever since her lobotomy.