when you were a kid…know what you did ?
most probably…
you waited and prayed sun down to sun up
that you would awaken and you’d be a grown up
that you would be able to do all these things
that you would be able to get in the ring
that you would drive a car with the windows rolled down
and pick up a gorgeous woman for a night on the town
that you would have cash and let people know it
that you would make dough and be free to show it
that you would be that guy from the movies
who had a house, a convertible and a few ladies
who delivered the goods and always on time
who saved the day like superman in his prime
“I’m gonna grow up …” you’d tell all the girls
“and be the heavyweight champ of the world”
that you would grow up to be mister smooth
a blinding smile and all the right moves
but it was all a pipe dream
that guy isn’t real
he’s in the movies cos he makes people feel
like they’re him for oh about two hours
and then its back to reality
the sweet and the sour
so while you were praying
to become something fuller
you already were
someone much cooler
but
you might never be that cool again
that pure, that innocent, that sweet, that sane
all that time, you were something a fire
looking up tho you couldnt get any higher
looking onward but you had already arrived
you would never again feel so alive!
and to think you wanted it to pass
eyes on the future like an ungrateful ass
myself, i basked in every second
i froze time even as she beckoned
and as they all welcomed tomorrow
i always fought her as i tried to borrow
a minute here and a minute there
pocketed the hours everywhere
must have stolen years of gold
riches that some never stole
in fact they all gave it away
as i scrapped for one more day
cos
while you thought the future
would be heaven above
i knew the present would be
the past that i loved
Bravo! 🙂
On point.