3am, 19.5.05

soon this life
shall cease to be
solely my own,
its every moment
to be dedicated
to the needs of others,
those others i know,
those others i care for,
and those others
that i owe a duty to!
whilst this wistful state
subsists, there must be
a freely floating disregard
of matters extraneous,
strangers to the relevance
of the enburdened self.
and so the memo is born,
a mental note to myself
of the future:
own a car,
own a house,
get a wife,
and keep your head
above the waters while your swim
through the treacherous rivers of life.