Don't always write of love young poet
Don’t always write of peace
Don’t always write of death young poet
Or miseries of melodies.
Write of what you hear young poet
Write of what you see
Good or bad or evil or empty
Share your thoughts with eternity

None of you have heard the story--
not of fame and fortunate glory,
not one considered inherently gory--
just the story of me.

I need to stop being a loner
and quit hanging out with all the stoners,
my bad-*** shoes are actually loaners,
I need to be myself.

I can be a real shadow and still have friends,
People who will be there until the end,
they'll always be there for what's 'round the bend
But they don't have to know my true feelings.

So I'm getting out
and I'm joining reality,
never mind using
these ******* formalities
my life so far
sounds like a tragedy
but I'm ready to be done with my past.

So many little tests
Presented with we contend
Understanding the risks
Of the chances we take
To take that chance
Should we prevail or fail
Some failures beat us
Down
Into the depths
And we may never be the same again
Some successes also
Make us never the same again
Because we've gotten so high off of it
We cannot see straight
I've made a lot of money before
And it has made me arrogant, ungrateful, and wasteful
I've also been broke and poor
It made me more appreciative, understanding, and productive
The middle ground that works for all of us
Is an individual thing
Prevail or Fail
Is nothing more than a perspective
Life is a game we play with no clear winners
But if you keep love in your heart
It doesn't matter how broke or rich you are
You have prevailed