bright eyed, indian style
we sat and smiled, while
the world conquered our brains

my peers and I,
we grew up under the same light
learned about life
from one hand guiding us through time
the other, hard-wiring our mind

our secrets splashed, staining the walls
our footprints danced down the halls
and my friends found their rolls
but i never found mine
too busy self disecting
in hopes that I'd feel whole
but my brain believed  
that love between a man and woman was the only acceptable kind
i grew 15 years believing in my brain that this was true
until my heart insisted on a different view
feeling broken down to my core
i realized, brain or heart I had to choose
i had to end this civil war
not realizing my mind is what I'd loose