18 Years Later



A center-point, balanced or challenged... tired of feeling unworthy, tired of being different than you, all I ever needed was a time to be alone, & I'm here now... where to go from here, blurred vision not very clear, so I continue in hope of a better day tomorrow, without so much sorrow, or even without the air I borrow. What would I do? 18 years later, the memories haunt, so I attempt to verbally flaunt... before then, I still had the standard about her, not to mention the dagger of his back to me, in chains, shackles, free, to be me, arrests & a few vests, tuxedo to cover the emotional bruises, where the car cruises, a few years at least, Philly & back, too many times, a poor man's dream, a prophet's nightmare, with their stares, so I can step it up to a glare, in resentment, & to present it.