In the wake, who is to say
Mistakes we've made along the way
Aren't just life lessons on display
If we would only treat them that way

Who is to show, what we know
About them only helps us grow
It seems to be a needed hope
In these days of do's and don'ts

I'm afraid we've lost our way
In the wake of all the blame
Not a one of us could name
A single one of us are the same

Learn to accept the differences
In what we have more or less
Adds a level we might have missed
If we had not taken the chance

On mistakes along the way
In the wake of what we say
Life lessons in the make
Plainly here on display

This pain
In our lives makes its way
To stand up and have its say
In our every day to day

We complain
In conversations made
More often as of late
From the things we create

Where hate
Finds a way to take away
Love in its state of grace
In our every day to day

We maintain
That it's going to be okay
Justifying things, we do and say
Consequences never weighed

We say
We are ready for a change
But through it all we stay the same
In our every day to day

At this rate
If we remain this way, unchanged
There will be nothing left to save
I only hope we're not too late

It's not what you have
But what you don't
Not what you need
But what you want
That you think will make you happy
But it won't

It's not what you know
But what you see
Not what's going on
But what you tend to believe
That you think will make you happy
However brief

It's not in the moment
But the moment to come
Or how much you give
But the amount taken from
That you think will make you happy
But it won't

But the thing that will
Is the giving of self
When you focus on others
Being willing to help
That will make you happy
Above everything else

Do you know what time it is
Without a watch someone might ask

How much time do we have left
Asking those who have a task

Could you spare some time for me
One might plead who has a need

About what time should we leave
Question those with somewhere to be

How much time can be spent
We ask of those who know no end

When will you know the time is right
In this time of fight or flight

Time you'll find never hides
Plain as day, in plain sight

Time is always standing by
To makes its way, flip or fly

Time will also make demands
Hour, minute, second hands

If you keep the time in mind
It drags on till the end of time

Time in truth stares back at you
And there's not a thing that you can do

With the time that you have
In the end there's little left

you want to know what my wish is
to permanently burn my bridges
so, i never have to go back
to that

listening to the voices
of all of my bad choices
in thinking i was right
not quite

if you ask me i see no sense
in doing it all again
the results would be the same
what a shame

that's why i'm here with matches
in front of all my bridges
so, i never have to go back
to that again

With so much here to worry for
Where went the big I can
As opportunity closes another door
For The New Millennial Man

Promised this and that in the past
From the upper echelon
Only to have our hopes dashed
As the world outside rubs us wrong

Like a dooms day prophet preaching
After predictions fail to land
Holding tight the sliver of hope
For The New Millennial Man                

Are we done paying attention
To our needs not being met
With all the noise it's hard to listen
How many second chances will we get

Would you mind this time showing us a sign
Or at least a helping hand
As our kind dies on the vine
The New Millennial Man

Theodore Tooth
Refused to let loose
Like he was supposed to
Being long in the tooth

Although a part of the crowd
He would not go that route
Brushing often, up and down
Flossing himself where it counts

Staying ahead of the game
Sadly, his friends did not do the same
Ask him and he'd often say
What a doggone rotten shame

As they one by one fell out
Far too many now to count
Gone from the North, East, West and South
His friends no longer hang around

To tell you the honest truth
What is there for a lone tooth to do
But to change his name into
That of Snaggletooth