Blue Mood Poem by Michael Walker

I'm looking for some balance in my life.
I'm looking for some freedom from the strife.
I'm looking for a job and for a wife,
Yet everybody cuts me like a knife.

I can see the fire in the skies,
And I can see the teardrops in your eyes.
I can see the world for all its lies,
Yet is there anything I don't despise?

My mood is blue, and yet my blood is red!
These deeds of derring-do will leave me dead.
My life's a book that I have not yet read,
And yet I sit and wait for heaven's bread.

When all is dark and given to despair,
Look for the vigil candle hidden there.