Didn’t think they’d be
Had plans to visit
Laughed with them yesterday
Just hugged that morning
Drive in silence
Home after shift
Arrive in tears
News breaks bone
Pull over and brace
Coworker relieves
“Sit down for this”
“Get to the hospital”
Left them for music out west
Busy with paperwork
Casual goodbye
Left to follow passion
Said yes to the shift

Record breaking wind speeds
Rip my thoughts away from me
Replaced by doubts and regret

Mother Nature cannot be tamed
So I am always whisked away
No matter the amount of love I get

I’ve embraced everything about myself
Constantly giving from my own well
Maybe I should accept this too

My mind resembles tv static
But now it’s not so erratic
Whenever I’m thinking about you

Being heard is all
She could give me and we could
Conquer the whole world

So you are introspective
But struggle with seeing progress?
Stay active
Don’t regress

You will default to failures
When you lost due to inability
That’s the wrong narrator
You have built stability

Yes there’s problems to fix
And people to support
But this isn’t a business
Give what you can give and no more

Has it always been the age
Of trying to define truths?
The further back we look
It always seems so staged
Privileged up in the booths
Constantly rewriting the playbook

It’s always easier to be ignorant
Men have claimed this for our history
Always leaving suffering in their wake
Here’s to all that feel impotent
Trying to survive in the grand scheme
And protecting everything that’s at stake

Spiteful hope is what we can give
To challenge the lies that still live

Always unwanted
What purpose does this have, man
Get the **** out now

Stumble through this place
Claim it as your base
Make it look like a disgrace
Waste more of our time
Weaponize your words
Shout them in every direction
Then expect a loyal herd
Tell us all of your lies
Never know an objection
Rig every election
Lie to our face