Leilani

There was a time when battles raged over such tiny blips

Such sinking ships

Such useless worry

That would define my time

Mine was a mind that couldn’t think for thinking

Stuck in thoughts till sinking

But now I’m thinking

Simplicity is fine

I wanted to be counted

I wanted to be heard

I wanted all to pay attention

To even my weakest words

And things I said in jest

I meant in truth

You cannot judge senseless defenses

Whispered in a sheltered youth

I used to have many things

Now I just have one

I used to work for money

But now I work for fun

I used to have a list of woes

That held no weight

I wasn’t ready to not be petty

I had given up to fate

If all the people I claim to care for

Have at one point or another

Inspired hate in me

And more (and more and more and more)

Was it them or was it me?

Or did it even matter who was wrong

Only a fool goes through his life

Short on heart but memory long