Toxic fumes flow through nostrils
As I take a gasp of breath
Nothing but a negative outlook
And all my pals have left
Feeling sorry for myself
And feel I’m on my own
Little do I know that the things I own have grown
Sick to my stomach like my head in the oven
And little do I know
The devils hands are idle and dextrous and that is all I know
Can’t stand to look at the reflection
That I own
For It shows me all that I can’t show
And little do I know
Stuck in limbo on a boat
That floats slowly down the stream
It leaves me alone on a shore
Without air that I can breathe
A cottage in the distance is all the eye can see
I slowly approach a door and knock
Knock and knock
An old man opens and tells me what I know, his eyes full of shock
And bags that hang low
He puts his arms around me as I begin to cry
He says son, you are me and I was once you
And on this journey we have come. We’ve been the same through thick and thin
He smiles with a bright yellow grin
A smile I remember as my own
that once riddled my peers
The old man reaches out and wipes away my tears
You have a life that’s worth living
He begins to say to me
Don’t be so hard on yourself, everything comes at a price
And the world we live in isn’t free.
But life is a blessing and that’s what I’ve come to learn, but you have to get off them knees.
Just learn to love yourself and the rest will come with ease.
He pats me on my head and sends me on my way
I no longer need to take the boat
limbo has escaped my days
I can now walk on the river where I used to lay
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