A Thousand Times Yes

I said yes, I said yes, I said yes,

I prayed a thousand times yes.

And the no that was hanging over the buildings

Faded like the moon at dawn.

When I was young I thought I was facing

A very aware world ahead,

I didn't know it was going to be

Beware of dogs instead.

I said no, I said no, I said no,

I said no a million times to no.

But the yes that was in it's last breath

Still hovered in a room with a permanent flu.

When I was young I didn't know

That one can only read life in braille,

I was still struggling to catch life on it's tail.

I said why, I said why, I said why,

I asked why for the billionth time.

And my bone slowly lost it's moist

Like a leftover coke bottle on the street.

Yes, this dry whiteness of a thing on the square,

That's my bone.

It lets the wind pass over like the last tender fraud,

Makes a little noise like old campaign billboard.

I said yes, I said yes, I said yes,

I prayed a thousand times yes.

And the no that was hanging over faded.