CAT'S CRADLE by Jeff Callaway

CAT'S CRADLE
by Jeff Callaway


love
is both
geographical
and it's natural
it's like flirting with disaster
or like a continent of bumpy roads
and you could find a dead end
or a road that could lead you home
and so when in Rome
it's sink or swim i'm told
my friend
sometimes your ship is sailing in
and then
sometimes there can be a long wait
and when
it's an acquired taste
then
the one who endures is the one
who wins
and has more glory than the one who got there late
so you just smile at fate
and then you wave
and you stay happy
'cause life is funnier that way
with all the nursery rhymes
and cat's cradles
for your heart to sort out and say
when love is heaven
but with maps and legends
and hurricanes
sex is an earthquake
so live life in the fast lane
before it's gone in sixty seconds
and everyday sounds like a broken record
record record record
and love is just not working
when you spend some time searching
for a pot of gold in someone's soul
and then you forget the beauty of
the rainbow
and then you're alone on the stage
on opening night
and Romeo and Juliet is the play
but you've forgotten your lines
and you don't know what to say
you've got stage fright
and so you have a heart attack
and you die
and some say that in death
love is the light