Olga's Poetry & Thoughts

Slouched on a dishevelled sofa Cheese bits in one hand, pop in the other The world is but a dazzle of incoherence Head is deaf to the words of my mother Like a shot of whiskey, video games bring me joy In fact I could be game drunk for days As my technique is developed, I know I can improve And enhance the scoreboard and number of plays The gore and surrealism in front of my eyes Is too riveting for one to resist If a black-out were to occur ever again, My game console would most certainly be missed Game controllers are my greatest ecstasy Without them my heart would not be complete I agree that tootsie rolls are delightful But shooting virtual creatures is five times as sweet As I am lost in a labyrinth of the gaming world Reality seems to be unreachable and impossible to attain Eyelids are heavy and thumbs tender and raw Halo overdose; brain cells deteriorating, going insane If only life were a video game in itself All choices would be simple as pie Because

My eyes can see Yet I have less satisfactory perception than a fruit bat clinging to a branch in the moonlit night, hovering aimlessly over bruised peaches, staining its petty wings in sweet liquid; how unfortunate that this mere excuse for a mammal is better than I My skin can feel Yet a serpent has the capability to penetrate the quilted layer of my arm muscle, and it indeed, if thirsty enough, can spew poisonous acidity into the blood cells of my vein, rushing to my idiotic brain as it morphs into a mass of disgrace Whoever imbecile founded the theory that humanity is the mightiest in the animal kingdom was clearly a fool who had never witnessed daylight beyond the golden gates of his estate. Or perhaps he had a few too many barrels of grape wine while gambling at a round table in the shaggy basement with his equally numskull friends. The world is ironic in that way- It is the animal kingdom that is more powerful than we. Humans are selfish, money driven rodents We would

If only, if only, if only... What shy words of faulty wisdom and pity I would have, could have, should have... Phrases plainly mendacious; not witty If only there were a device to make time turn on itself If only I could mend my mistakes before they appeared If only my eyes were green instead of blue If only I could have faced all that I have feared If only love was but a fragment of one's mind If only God was but a mythical being If only poverty could perish in guilt If only I could watch the world falling apart without seeing If only everyone could just leave me in peace If only I could sit here and do nothing at all If only life were just a tad less complicated If only an angel would hint to me before I would fall If only things were the opposite of what they are now If only I were able to polish all of life's imperfections If only high school would just end tomorrow If only I would never have to suffer pain and rejection If only I accepted everythin