Unlocking Doors


With everything I know today

How do I not drown in past discretions?

With all things given and taken away

I constantly fight down my aggressions

 

With all that life fills in

When I lean back and sigh relaxed

I catch a reflection of myself

And see a soul a little gray

Over taxed

 

When in my youth

When I was cocky and knew it all

I was able to leap high and long

And was able to rebound from a fall

Life and love has softened me down

Opened my eyes and brought my feet to the ground

 

I am older and some argue wiser

I know the balance of things given and things taken

I’ve had to find a center of safe

During a dark sweep of time when my happy was shaken

I ask more questions than there are answers to find

Unlocking doors while I reveal to you my mind

 

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