Apr 29, 2009 17:30
Thirty-Two goin somewhere
I’m gonna find another path
I’ll write myself another song
This rut is gettin so ugly
I’ve been in it far too long
I was slow to see it
I can’t live all your lives
So slow to need it
Now I’m changing my mind
We’ll work it out, oh yeah
I just,
I just keep saying that
But it’s pretty cold comfort
When the solutions don’t quite cover
I was an open-minded youth
I knew almost every solution
To love, hate, life, death
Until I had to live through ‘em
Don’t condescend
I had to live it to learn it
Your vaulted advice was nice
But I don’t plan to get it perfect
We’ll work it out, oh yeah
I just,
I just keep praying that
But it’s pretty cold comfort
When the solutions don’t quite cover
Making my own way
Seems a lonely proposition
But so many of my choices
Became life-long limitations
It’s painful to shed my skin
A security blanket left behind
I don’t know where this is leading
But now I’m changing my mind
~ Amy Naylor 2009
poetry