Jim O'Rourke

Insignificance

Jim O'Rourke


I'm still waiting 
For a sign 
That describes 
How it's all gonna end 
And arrives 
At a time 
When it seems like 
It had failed me 

Failed 
Once again 
Like a friend 
Who needs you 

Like a house 
Needs a floor 
To know 
When it's been walked on 

To know 
How it feels 
To wait 
To be lived in 

It would be easy 
To stay 
This way 
If it weren't for 
A little problem 
That I see 
Underneath 
Beneath my complaining 

Like a wheel 
That needs oil 
Like a plant 
That needs reminding 

That it's nothing 
Without soil 
Although 
Then it's stuck there 

Like a crumb in bread 
Like the seeds in an apple