| Some Want Drama is a poem by Claude Mayers.
Some want drama Some want untroubled calm Who can explain The diversity of mankind Without spending a lifetime Studying and talking and observing Thousands and millions of people Proceeding through their days Entering their minds Following their conversations Age and excitement Interact differently As the clock slows down As the moon cycles Seem more constant Youth wanting wildness And challenge Fresh meat Satisfying orgasm Speed not always breeding peace But fun not caring If the trumpets play warningly Or beauty spreads its dress Across your eyes Your imagination flying The senior citizens Feeling responsibility Rest on their shoulders Then deliberately slip Off into the sunset The steps to climb Seeming higher The beating heart Throwing out irregular contractions At inconvenient moments More medicines in the darkness Less ambition beneath The bird songs Pleasure serenading the Summer trees Humans doodling Under the random Parade of anxious And happy emotions Fondling the protoplasm Diseasing the metabolism Death waiting at the end Of the line Where we arrive Whenever the sum Of our experiences The programming of our chromosomes Shuttle us Through our journey Hopefully accepting Our place Our individual passage With openness With vibrance Perhaps struggling Until the last ray Of light shines Enjoying ourselves Until the pulse ceases Those who love us Taking something from our souls To flavor their own journey The train tracks The cloudless atmosphere Bringing new opportunities As we travel ever onward C 2009 Claude Mayers | 