My Life, My Self

 

Rain drops upon roof tops

Tin roof's sound like snare drums beating nonstop

Stormy nights produce liquefied flights

Eye's slit soaring to new heights as I begin to write during twilight

I think about my road ahead as time ticks away

Worries and stress causing my hair to turn grey

Nothing in my life's simple; even the way I think

Here today and gone today, faster than the eye can blink

My reflection in the mirror shows my ageing transformation

Not getting any younger, life's a clock we're all facing

Sometimes it's hectic, at times we feel rejected

But I'm a grown man not an adolescent so I can handle it

Got to keep moving, no time for complacency

I never get cozy because comfort makes us lazy

Walkin the ledge, tips of my worn out Nike's pushing the edge

It's such a fine line between sanity and losing my head

 

I often sit back thinking, analyzing situations

Background jazz, smooth track off a Blue Note compilation

Just the right thing to help me calm my nerves

Time by myself, there's no need for words

Mind riding melodies carrying bags full of patience

Musical prescription like Thorazine to mental patients

Been through some s**t but no more than the next man

Still I got to live my life, come up with and work my own plan

At the end of the day I've walked miles in my shoes

Follow my heart till the end cause I can't afford to lose

So don't tell me how to live my life

When I've overcome its pain and strife, yeah I've paid the price

Smiles accompanied by scar tissue that just won't heal

Hunger for knowledge, demanding four course meals

Use to think I was untouchable taking on a rebellious stance

Now I wake up every morning thanking god for another chance

 

Reviews

[~Mariposa Una Lila~]

how very lovely!! x0

[Terrell A. Pullen]

This was a very good write. This is not only your life and yourself but believe it or not, you've touched on some other lives also!

"My reflection in the mirror shows my ageing transformation

Not getting any younger, life's a clock we're all facing"- I feel you on this one!

"Sometimes it's hectic, at times we feel rejected

But I'm a grown man not an adolescent so I can handle it"- You had me saying me too with this one!

Like I said very good write my friend!