Stand Up
The hardest thing to understand is
Why and when and how?
Where is it that we start our lives?
The answer isn’t now.
The answer is you’re always living
Each action and each step
Everything you’ve ever done
I’ve noticed every single breath
From the moment that your people
Oh, so long ago
Decided love was the answer
And your tree started to grow
Of course it sucks but life is tough
Its hard and then it’s done
But its taken so much to make you
Be strong, you are the one
The hero of every book and show
The winner of the race
Don’t waste all that you are
You’ll never be replaced
Never again will it happen
That you will just be you
That all your branches and your leaves
Will grow towards that great blue
That so many many many years
Will work in such persistence
That everything you are and can be
Will come into existence
Don’t do things like they do
Plant in your own garden
They say real poetry doesn’t rhyme
I’ll have to beg your pardon
Don’t let all this bullshit stop you
And quit looking all around
There is nothing out there
Look inside to be found
So, what is it that makes you happy?
And what is happiness?
Getting what you want is lame
No such thing as endless bliss
Happiness is in a second
Or looking back on things
There is nothing that’s forever
You take with you what you bring