Blossom

The blistering cold open
Of the joke I'm setting up
And the audience that waits for me
To never amount to much
But they never write to me
No they never write to me

So what will the contents be of
The hole you're digging now?
Will I ever put the worst parts of me
Six feet underground
I blinked and I missed
So much that I can't get back

And the words on the wall
Are erasing on their own
And the children of the family are grown
And the world with or without me carries on
But I'm not keeping score
Because I don't love it anymore

Yet I can't seem to blossom
Like I know a grown man should
I am penetrating forcefields
Of a life that is not good
So why does the line
Grow thinner every time?

And the messages are padlocked in your room
And escaping doesn't follow any rules
And I know you'll only keep living on
But I'm not even sure
If you don't love me anymore

Once in a while I turn into an animal
And instantly the force is unforgettable
The rest is easy, the past is hard
It's truer by the minute we are who we are
(One to blossom, the mysterious thought
One to realize the mistakes I have caused)