What I Do by Sara Roman
Honestly,
this working 9 to 5,
putting in 40 hours just to stay alive
and fed
with roof over head
is driving me lazy.
Head in a daze
mouse in a maze
running out of time
and by the time that it’s time,
I have to give myself pep talks just to cook dinner.
and still,
I stay up too late
playing with words and paint
and biting my lip
with sexy thoughts unattained.
longing
like a good lil sinner.
Mama’s almost winner.
I swear one day
I’m gonna get it all right!
For now,
I reap the stitches
of Manuel’s Mama
and make it so.
All that’s left
is all I need
to get right.
All that’s left
is to remember how to be whole.
And I know just the right
place to go.
Made a room for myself the other day
and dedicated it to all that is sacred.
You were there.
And I go there at least twice a day.
The acoustics are great.
And I say whatever I want to that room.
I pray to the four white walls
like the four directions,
look at myself new
in each reflection
and recognize my soul.
I go in that room and day dream
excitement and happiness for the world.
Those four walls have heard me try to be rapper a time or two.
Those four walls have felt me sing the blues
Those four walls and I sweat and stretch with each other.
Fingers tap keys
voice hits them sometimes
Everything’s a rhyme
when the realm is the reason.
I go here to be free.
Photo by Maria Meister
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Sara Romelia Roman was born in Alamagordo, NM. She is the co-owner of Two Stoned Betties art studio. She currently lives in Albuquerque, NM. Read more about Sara
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