I remember when I used to think mud puddles in springtime
were made of coffee mixed with cream
before i understood how caffeine rushed the blood in my veins.
I remember when I used to stand up feeling six feet tall
soaking up warm drops of rain
that surprise landed on my brain.
I remember when I wasn't aware that our land
was contaminated with poisonous gases asphyxiating the masses
leaving us with access to fewer less drops to drink.
I think back to when all I needed was
a good run with barefeet through
morning dewed grass before the school bell
rang me in to strangle my pleas.
And now I sit restless
understanding how much bigger this mess is
bringing us all down
so close to drowning out our voices.
We feel important enough to say who to blame
casting light on the names of men so weak they kill children.
And we sit and we watch and we talk about other people's shortcomings and forget to focus on our own strengths.
And we sit and we watch and we talk away our motivation
through fussy minds intoxicated
by last night's wine.
And our minds slip back
along bumpy tracks
spending more time trying to remember who we were.
Well here we are.
All of us god-like things carefully manipulated to procreate the creation we've manifested in our hands.
We've built bridges and roads, airplanes and trains, connecting us where we need to go.
We've crafted our findings to lend our fragile bodies easy access to peace and stability.
And we are all demon-like denying our minds the strength to carry on our animalistic purpose.
Forgetting the beauty our world holds before us.
And we sit here as these dualities pick arguments in our minds driving our confrontatious-nature to strike at our weakenesses consuming us with doubt about ourselves.
We'll I'm here to remind you. You are all beautiful inside and out.
Speak up louder than you think you can
