So many trying to sound intelligent
Knowing nothing they say is relevant
I would apologise
But I’m tired of looking at elephants
To get the full picture
Step out of your element
Where no one gives a fuck about your feelings
Or the need be eloquent
We’re just trying to be informed
We live a long way outside of Norm
Not looking for a way back
Our description doesn’t quite fit on the form
Tired of walking into rooms
With my hands
Surrendering
I don’t mean you no harm
I’ve never been processed
So how should I behave
Act like I’ve been duly reformed
I don’t know you
So why should I show you my charm
Approach me with fear
And mask it with warmth
My sisters telling me
Don’t take it personal
They don’t mean you no harm
Social commentary
From a firsthand point of view
And that wasn’t trying to point to you
Unless it’s applied as truth
Not supposed to be salt in wounds
Or it would give you reason to call me brute
Bully
Reason alone
To convict me of crimes uncommitted
Fully
Incoherent
And even if I did
You weren’t there then
Nor do you know my reasons
Were life and death
Only appeared when
I had just dug myself out of a grave
Just wanting to bathe
And all you were doing was riding the wave
Of the mob behind you
The ones who helped bury me
Now they’re citing reasons of
“His hair is too long.”
And
“He needs to shave.”
Unless one day it becomes fashionable
I’m not laughing
But I think it’s funny
There are so many suicides
Depression
And you’re worried about my smile
Because the lack there of
Reaffirms reality is filled with rain
It’s not always sunny
If you see me with my eyes closed
Serious look on my face
I’m either dreaming
Or searching my mind for an answer to why
Our noses are runny
Or I’m fantasizing about lavish styles
While contemplating the meaning of hungry
Or trying to solve poverty
Without knowing the meaning of money
Or wondering why they forgot that being rich
Didn’t come from the meaning of money
Being blessed with limitless understanding
Begging the universe
To take it all from me
On the worst days
When I have to listen to irrelevance
As you read from a chart
The idea of elements
To counter my words
Show unequaled
Intelligence
I’d still think it’s funny
Because if I called you poor
Even now
You would think I said you needed more money