rob’s song

hey let's talk i say, for a minute or so
give me a drag of your cigarette and we'll it a go
it's been 4 years since you shut me down without a choice
i've been thinking and cyring and letting it out through the tears and my voice

now i've got my chance to put my world in perspective again
just don't shut me down right now
tell me,
why you couldn't be my friend

(chorus)
it's cause I had to live in a world i made
out of the dark into the light you were a beacon
i put my hopes in you, then i saw you had darkness too
i guess it's human and yet,
i did what i had to

thanks for the talk and the smoke and the words
i can't say i feel alright
but it makes it all fit right into place, clears my sight

it contradicts so much of what i think i know
that is good and pure and saves us from the undertow
of a race gone made that insists on committing the acts it does

tell me once again
why it is you couldn't be my friend

(chorus)

it's the hardest thing to comprehend
things will always change until the end
if i don't accept it it doesn't matter
that's the way it is

goodbye and good luck on your way
i'll carry your lessons with my pain
they'll intermingle through my days
but i know i'll survivecause only the strong survive

and i have made the grade this time
i have accepted your words and i have climbed
climbed from the pain this inspired
i have walked away no longer tired

I still believe the things i know

good bye rob

~fun fact: this one was about an emotional koan I went through about 37 years ago when I was 17. 3 years ago, at 51, it resolved, through an extended hug that transcended the past's circumstances and emotions. two spiritual road dogs recognized each other on the path, and embraced.