I Could Do This
© 2008 Mark Pearce

I could tell you how I feel inside
but that wouldn’t be the same
as your feeling it.

I could jump
for no reason at all.
It would be surprising
but it would soon become expected.

I could matriculate –
numbers from
zero to infinity and back.
It might take a while.

I could dream of the oceans
but I’d probably wake up wet.

I could draw your face
on a sundial
and watch the shadow
creep over you.

I could call for room service
but, standing in a pasture,
I don’t think it would do much good.
Besides, the Brie served here
is a bit too fresh.

I could laugh at the cosmos
but I’d hate for the cosmos
to become self-conscious
and start slinking away.

As the master of MY universe
I could do all of these things today.

But there’s always tomorrow.