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I'm Just a Fool for You
by Thomas K. HuntYou may call me a fool but I'm still pretty cool
It's just something that I do
I'm just a fool for you
I know I'm crazy because of the things I do
I'm living your life and now my life is through
Here I am at the end of the day
in the same damn place I was yesterday
I can't be who I want to be
Every day you smother me
There's no kindness from you any more
Still I can't seem to find the door
Tied to obligations
New found love in the childrens eyes
Witnessing so many firsts
Hearing babies cry
My mind thinks of freedom but I can't shake loose
You give me all the reasons
I'm crazy by what I choose
I wake up every morning with nothing but you
You bitch and moan
You're only happy when you're mad
It's killing me
I don't even want what we had
I've spent my life counting days
They've turn to years and here I stay
I'm spitting out my own self pity
After all these years you don't look so pretty
I'm still living my life for you
I know I'm carzy but it's what I do
I'm all in but I get no return
By now you'd think I'd learned
I know I'm crazy by the company that I keep
day after day and week after week
I can't bring myself to turn and walk away
So here I am living your life every day
I'm crazy but I still play your game
Some days I wonder if you'll remember my name
After all you put me through I think I'm pretty cool
After all it's what I do
I'm just a fool for you
02/25/2018 Posted on 02/25/2018
Copyright © 2025 Thomas K. Hunt
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 02/26/18 at 07:13 AM I've heard it said that love is a decision. It seems to me that the main character in this poem is making a lot of decisions to stay. Of course that is in addition to the obvious emotional attachment and ambivalence. There is a lot of conflict expressed but done so with the rhymes makes it seem that the poem itself is kind of cathartic... either for the author or for the protagonist. Good write Thomas. I was interested throughout. Thanks you. |
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