He knows he will never be smart enough
To do much more than lift heavy things
He is eighteen and struggles to read
And walks like the earth wants to stand him still
And always smiles Jagger lipped and crooked tooth
Regardless of the reason
He just likes to smile
And knowing all of this about himself doesn’t stop him from trying
Everything was born with the desire to be better
Haven’t you heard of squirrels trying to grow wings?
They can be seen gliding between trees with the hope of a true takeoff
Or birds that prayed to be human?
Birds that live as long as we do
And then they learned to speak
Or small brightly colored frogs that wanted to be as strong as giants
So they made their own skin poison
And other creatures learned to fear their beauty
He is afraid of his own reflection
Once threw a television through a window
While watching the reality show COPS
He watched a police officer be mean to a woman for no reason
I found him after the crash
Staring at the broken glass saying
“People aren’t supposed to do that to other people”
He knows he doesn’t know much
And is confused when everyone isn’t nice
He knows
You can keep a loaded gun and still trust everyone
If
Keep it in your heart
And
Use is to fire off adrenalin when you need to be fearless
He knows he is going to feel like a real man some day
Despite his everything
Nothing’s going to stop him from trying