Not A Toy

You wind up the dial

pull the string. And let me go

set me off knowing I'll fall

you set me up to fail

I give up, no more this has to stop

I'm not a spinning top

nor a toy for you to play games

not a virtual pet and would you have the attention span

I'm not action man

nor Ken, not something you can leave in a drawer

I'm more like a broken jigsaw

my pieces missing, I’m not your plaything

this is not a game of queens and kings

I'm no play doh to mould into shape

a doll whose hair you can make

not an etch a sketch picture that you can erase

I'm a man with a heart. It's sat in place

you can’t rearrange the edges like a Rubik’s cube

I'm disjointed true. But don’t try to make me fit your view

I'm not a game for when you are bored

nor a get out of jail free card

I'm a man who gives love a chance

the community chest test is best expressed

In verse and rhyme.

I'm a man with a heart and love to attest

if you want to invest, then don’t flip the board

just play fair and we all get rewards

you don’t have the monopoly on pain

so, share the words

let them inspire thoughts - like runaway trains

Roll the dice

take a chance on an ace of hearts

the results could be nice

if you wait for the clouds of distrust to depart

I’m not a battleship that you can sink

nor a cheap plastic toy found with a burger and a drink

I will help if you fall

I won’t disappear like pogs, I’m here for the long haul

Thanks for reading.
peace & love.
Kyle.