Thursday, July 14, 2011

Poetry Schmoetry

A Song I Wrote for Myself on the Dismal Eve of my 31st Birthday. (Maybe I should think of another title...something shorter.)

Don't know where I thought I'd be,
or who, or what, if anybody,
but with three decades behind me,
it wasn't s'posed to be here.

Had in mind what I would do,
but opportunities were far and few.
I told myself I was just passing through,
and yet I'm still here.

So life goes on and on,
never asking if you're coming too.
There's a moment you realize it's gone;
your chance is behind you,
it's gone.

It hurts to know I bear the fault,
too scared to leap for fear I'd fall.
Now sinking slowly against this wall
also known as 'here.'

Who can know which road to choose.
Each choice a risk, another chance to lose.
You can't get hurt if you never move--
That's how I ended up here.

So life goes on and on,
never asking if you're coming too.
There's a moment you realize it's gone;
your chance is behind you,
it's gone.

But one day in the future near,
when I have set aside my fears,
I'll take the wheel and finally steer
somewhere away from here.

Take back my life and finally steer,
away from here.