Are you the person who reads what I write,
oh so immersed you recite it every night.
Let my words paint you a vivid dream,
which do you prefer a laugh or a scream?
Because I can make both
happen in tandem,
a scribe taken as an oath
instead of a reprimand and
I’ve been ready for so much more
I’ve been waiting for a very long time.
From my exterior to my core,
to not use it would be a crime.
At a point of do or die,
I just pray to remember how to breathe.
I’ll keep barely getting by,
right by the skin of my teeth.
Don’t you play coy I know that you’re obsessed,
like I’m your toy to pose and get dressed.
Sometimes I don’t mind because it’s flattering,
you’ve been so kind even though I’m maddening.
But you keep on reading
so I’ll keep on talking,
even though I’ve been bleeding
I’ve just always kept on walking.
Now I’ve been waiting on my destiny,
instead of seizing my own fate.
Maybe the universe is just testing me,
or maybe the inevitable is running late.
At this rate who even am I?
Not someone I’d love to meet.
I’ll keep barely getting by,
right by the skin of my teeth.
I’ve been ready for so much more
I’ve been waiting for a very long time.
A perfect image of what’s in store,
I just hope that the picture’s mine.
Do or do not; there is no try,
climb above not underneath.
But I’ll just keep barely getting by,
right by the skin of my teeth.