MINDFUL

I don’t hide it

But I wish I could side it

With my might I can light it

But with your rationality you can sight it…

I can but say and ignore

Wanting before speaking

And thinking after knowing

What I have is most pure

And what I let go

Will get brighter in the day

All those dreams will get stronger

While I keep them at bay

And all the silence that I hold inside

Will keep me farther from you and the light

I wish to tell you that this mad outlaw

Is also a reason of a sordid flaw

That is innate in me, that is me

That is you, that is pure

Of course there are aberrations

How can they not be

When you’re dealing with humans

Who can be emotional but not sure

Pure and impure are transient in time

Can you sing me with sanity any long lost rhyme?

You’ll see the meaning fades away

Faces wrinkle and voices wither away

A pale shadow of our mortal self

Every yesterday will tell you too

Thinking will not cut it

Doing it will make us true

I can hold onto dreams

Till they turn into reality

Till they make me see you

In the morning light

And under the night sky akin

But what do I do with reasons

That tell me I’m not to be myself

Not in front of scores

Not till we’ve see this phase

Not till we've lived in place

In lieu of what we are meant to be...