I see my image in the mirror
I see others holding hands
I can't help but to see in myself
No ordinary man

Missed opportunities a plenty
I've had more than my fair share
Great tragedies have befallen me
And have found me unprepared

I'm not sure if I can recover
My inner cupboards are all bare
My bleeding heart feels for another
Even though they're unaware

As I take steps to move on forward
Leaving my sorrows in the past
Turn the grey days into color
Recovered from the mess

I'm picking up the pieces
Where I once felt solid gold
A melting *** of memories
Never doing what I'm told

I cast shadows in the bright sunlight
I set my bar too high to reach
My feet planted deep inside the quicksand
On some isolated beach

Lonely with a coconut
To share my inner thoughts and grief
But the coconut is despondent
And I'm way too far away to reach

And so I trudge my way through the muck
On a trail; I know not where it leads
Ruffled feathers to be plucked
Transforming wants into my needs

I try, I try, I fail
I try, I try, I win
My face may seem a little pale
But it's time that I begin