Tornado
Written 10 May 1996

Waiting for the wind
Looking for an opportunity
To start over again.

I don't understand it
I thought I was happy
And maybe I am
But it would be so nice to be able
To start over again.

I believe that I would do it all almost the same way.
I would love the same people, only more.
I wouldn't hate the same people, though.
Hate is such a waste of emotion when there is such a need
For love.

It's probably just a function of age. Starting over, I could relive my life,
Not worry about dying before my time.
Change things? Sure.
I'd never start smoking.
I never start drinking.
I wouldn't hide my feelings of inferiority with false egotism.
Just being sober would change many things.

But...
If I changed anything, would I still have known Karen?
The circumstances that brought us together are unique to the lives we actually lived.
Karen and I share our happiness so completly
It is impossible to imagine life without her.
No, I won't change a thing.
I can't take that chance.
So many people never have the true love of their life.
I'll take what I have
And just be wonderfully happy.

Tornados don't scare me.

©1997 by Doug Franklin
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