Today Poem by Jason Jackson

Today is the day when I make a change,
Today is the day when I am totally selfless,
Today is the day when I sit down & think,
I think about everyone but myself & the affect they've had upon me.

I look towards the mirror, but that person isn't me
I look at the photographs in my house, but see a stranger,
I look at my veins, but they seem hollow & shallow,
too much technology clouds my senses

I need to escape, find clean air & shadow
I must to the coast in winter, it's quiet & mellow
Domesticity cannot give me the physical high
It's mundane, banal....I long for clear sky

Ok, clear mind, I know the way forward
Clear my debts, change my career & talk more,
that's talk directly, with words, not electonic means
to prevent my life falling apart at the seams

Today is the day, when you may like me
Today is the day when my troubles subside me
Today is the day when I grow confident & brave
Today is the day when my life is saved.