Terrified of life

I'm so terrified of being
that being terrified is just a side effect
and real life is hard
and safe sex an hazard
Affecting the night
with strokes of pain
and a short sight
of the future - a game
with cloudy rules and a right
to be messy and dark
But present, please
be kind
and hold me through the night.
Ease me into sleep and dissolve the fear
of pain and real.

Perils of the Serious Land

Sometimes I feel so lonely,
lonely as can be,
not in the soul but in the body,
materially.
Sometimes I feel so wronged,
wronged as can be,
and it's not my fault, but nature's,
irreparably.
Sometimes I fall in the pit
of sourness and poignancy
and the only way out is a touch of humor,
that speaks to me:
Never Seriously, Never Seriously.