the best time in life
is when you're wanting for nothing
when nothing is all that you have

that's when you find
that nothing is something
that nothing will ever give back

if you just look around
to those who are striving
to always have something in hand

what they will find
is that nothings worth finding
if nothing was the something they planned

i met a man in amsterdam
with mirrors on his head
take a look at yourself
was all that he said

i took a look long and hard
then had to turn away
i didn't like any of
the looks it is i gave

i met a man in amsterdam
that held up a sign
saying lay out for me all your needs
but take all that you like

he gave me what i needed
in mind bending thought
most of it he gave for free
the rest of it i bought

i met a man from amsterdam
just left of the canal
he held ******* in the air
and said that's what it's about

with no argument from me
as i peacefully understood
the man i met in amsterdam
in his corner of the world

I'm seriously thinking of making
A mixtape page of all my poems
Taking out my favorite lines
From all of the ones that I've wrote

Putting them all together
Down onto one page
Then label it quite proudly
My poetry mixtape

Sort of like a greatest hits
All of the stuff that I'm proud
Ask a few friends what they'd like in the mix
May take time but I'll figure it out

I'll fill it up with happy stuff
Add a few lines that are sad
Even throw in a bit of humor
So halfway through I'll get a laugh

Then I'll take it with me out to the streets
Along with a portable mic
Read it out loud to the maddening crowds
Perhaps breaking up a few fights

They'll be hugging and kissing in no time
Dancing in line to the rhymes
Passing out copies of my mixtape poetry page
So they too can recite all the lines

Yes, a mixtape page of my poetry
Might be just the thing to do the trick
The more I'm thinking of this idea
The more I'm liking it