Passing seconds erode
Lengthy rays scold
A naive smile
A juvenile laugh
Penetrates miles and miles
Why can’t it be enough?

Drawing from an empty well
Assuring it’s okay
When it’s not our day
If words could only tell
Impossible strength to gain
Upstream, a river of pain
A thankful and loving embrace
Can’t make the case

Meander in fun
Enjoyment, full numb
Wind carries many lessons
Continually preached
Yet, unable to overcome
Unable to press on

Weight of life pooling in your eyes
Beginning to mirror mine
What if it’s hereditary?
A thought too scary…
If I courageously fly to the sky
Everything will be fine

Drowning in mistakes
Sinking in heartache
A preserver carrying me forth
You always were
Each naive smile
Each juvenile laugh
An insurmountable debt incurred

Don’t dip that little chin
The greatest of kin
Don’t wander in wonder
On this day of thunder
Don’t cry for me
For now I am free