I remember sitting on the roof top Theorizing til my head was sore Climbing over fallen tree limbs checking What the Mississippi swept ashore A young whippersnapper on a street Corner hollering we gotta end the war Now I be, this character is me A bit of all of the things I’ve been before Skinned knee shorty with a coffee can Hunting slimy creatures in the mud and the dirt For what it’s worth I let ‘em go at the request of ma dukes Almost caught a snake once, last second I got spooked Slithering, shaky, I stay fidgetin Use to pier jump into polluted Lake Michigan Now, I’m hanging off a bridge 40 feet higher Above a the murky water, shit I thought I’d be wiser, nah Tiddlywinks and newspaper tug boats At 27 I be singing all my love notes I’ve been afraid of rejection since back in the day Prolly why I didn’t ask her to stay I quit smoking and then, I started smoking again I gotta find a different way to learn to cope with the bends Extend a hand to foe, bumping folk tunes and wu tang Lost my hops but still got a nasty hoop game A minimalist preaching to you that less is more A screen porch dweller soaking up the thunderstorms A romantic with bleeding heart ripped and torn A late nighter feeling hungover every morn A deity, and a downer and a friend of yours Now I be, the character is me I think that I’ve learned the simplest things last Every situation ain't a riddle or ink splat As a teacher I can spot the shittiest mishaps And know just what to say to make a miserable kid laugh A warrior. A worrier. Performing like a Mourning bird chirping to the chords of a Wurlitzer Shifting from power to paranoia like Greek Gods Waxing on the dreams caught and glory that we’ve lost But I’ve yet to live my better years I still need to see the stars from the southern hemisphere Author stories and compile a thick book Spend the summer dawns pulling trout off a fish hook Look, I get caught up in comparisons Have accomplishment amnesia and forget bout where I’ve been But the triumphs, melancholy and barriers I’ve breached Form a fine collage and that character is me I am just a drop of rain Falling to the quiet stream The growing rivulet that’ll Wash it all away, wash it all away I am just a grain of sand Seated by the ocean blue On the golden beach that Sprawls across the way, sprawls across the way I am just a single brick In a wall that towers high The edifice that you can See from far away, see far away I am just a lonely star Burning in a crowded sky On the night that stunned the world All across the way, all across the way
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