the un-poet, that's me
with no artsy proclivity
that is, until
you came
crashing into me

with your song
breaking me
the way you were broken
making me see
there was no use in hopin'

a siren song? or a vision
for a better me...
your words
made it clear
what it had to be

there, there...
dam the flood
let's keep it moving.
life is for those
who choose it

i get it now...
loud and clear
the message of a lifetime
meant to inspire courage
and not a life fettered by fear

2-22-2002

*This corny, cheesy little poem is a tribute to the artist Maxwell in gratitude for his song, Lifetime. I wrote it just after experiencing a series of life altering circumstances that redefined my world back in 2002.

Although many things were changing for me at the time, this song was the one constant in my life. It seems like everywhere I turned there it was - in my ear. At each turning point or at every milestone, there it was, again.

Those who know me in the real world know and understand the impact this song has had on me and on my life. I probably should have made greater effort to issue words of more epic proportions in gratitude; but I was tired and it was what it was. I wrote exactly what I was thinking at the time and after all, isn't that what writing is really all about anyway - expression?

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