Introspection

To live is to feel

Feeling is a way to know you’re real

And sometimes being real means feeling

Feeling the joy and the pain

As a kid I used to sit in the rain

I used to laugh at the simplest thing

Now it seems I lost the heart of me

Where’s the art of me

the biggest part of me

It’s just seems so hard to see

Life changes you, it rearranges too

Sometimes I think I’m doing good

But the worst of me is just under the hood

Hit one speed bump

the latch opens, the hoax ends,

I’m exposed and

All my vulnerabilities and insecurities

are showin

No way to hide from what we feel inside

We have to face it

can’t erase it, life isn’t always basic,

sometimes it’s complicated

We gotta rise above the fear

above the years

above the trauma that changed you

but also made you, YOU.

Sometimes we experience the worst of life

early on

and we carry it on

and on

until we can’t anymore

Livin begins to feel like a chore

you never signed up for

I know it may seem like I’m complaining

but if you listen to the words I’m saying

you may come to find

these words of mine

are to let you know you are not alone

with me you’ll always find a home

and I feel you, I mean the real you.

The biggest reason I’m still here today is

to tell the truth

and

give hope to the lost youth

because I used to be one too

Now don’t get me wrong

it doesn’t just go away with time

It’s something you got to work too define.

Define what makes life worth it

what’s the purpose

sometimes it can be found

in the littlest things,

we just have to bring them into focus

I know this

sometimes feels hopeless

That’s why we need each other

to lead each other

to feed each other the positivity

the probabilities

the possibilities

to do better

to feel better

and realize everything we do is tethered

to what we think

and we’ll never let each other sink

that’s what life is supposed to be

a community

not you vs me

It’s okay to be an individual

but the way we are living is criminal

It’s not how we were designed

just look around and you’ll see I’m not lyin

everybody’s walking around

angry all the time

If we just go back and listen

to that little kid inside of us

we may realize in spite of us

how to trust

openly

and the hope is we

can all come together

and make a world that’s more kind

truly Devine

and not take another life before it’s time.

Change happens when we speak up

and I’m hopin if I speak enough

the right people will hear it

and deep inside they’ll know

they have time to grow

and life isn’t always gonna be easy

believe me

but there is always something

to be thankful for

there’s always more

than what we see on the surface

and negative thoughts don’t serve us

only hurt us

If you’re reading this and you understand

Then please take my hand

and know this isn’t where it has to end

you have found a friend.

A friend I’ll always be

even when I’m not near you

I hear you,

and I see

the greatness you hold inside

and I know with time,

you’ll see it too

and nothing in this world could stop you.