KEEP IT SIMPLE

(ALTERED FROM 2013 ORIGINAL)

WE ARE ENTIRELY READY TO REMOVE ALL THESE DEFECTS OF CHARACTER YET WE ALL WALK AROUND LIKE NOTHINGS DIFFERENT IT ONLY TOOK A FEW THINGS TO KEEP IN MY LIFE THAT SIMPLE TOUCH OF CONTACT EVERY NOW AND THEN TO THE REALITY OF YOUR SECRETS AND MY REALM OF LIMITS WHAT SEPARATES THE REAL FROM FANTASY THE FACTS THAT COMPROMISE AND KEEPING TRUE AS WELL AS SAYING HELLO EVERY NOW AND THEN IN A REAL DOWN THE EARTH HUMAN WAY THAT IS WHAT FRIENDS ARE TO ME WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY MORE SOBER AND YET I HAVEN'T DRANK A DANG THING ITS THAT UNIVERSAL HIGH THAT LIFE SEEMS TO DO TO ME BEAUTY IN EVERYTHING I SEE I HEAR AND BE THOSE AROUND THAT SPONSOR NEGATIVES ARE NOW JUST IGNORED AND I DO WHAT I CAN WHEN I CAN TO RISE IN MY WAY IT IS SLOW AND STEADY OH WE CAN BE MORE SERIOUS AND WHEN THE DIRT ALL AROUND PILES UP TO BURY ALIVE JUST ADD MORE JOY AND LOVE INTO THE WORLD AND THAT NEGATIVE DIRT JUST FLICKS OFF AND THE GOOD HEALTHY CLEAN STAYS LIKE GLUE WE ARE HONEST EVEN WHEN ITS HARD TO DO THAT IS JUST HOW IT IS WE AS IN ALL LIKE ME SO WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO BUT HAVE BEEN AFRAID OF? GET OUT THERE AND LIVE DON'T STAY CLOSED IN YOU LOSE MORE THAN THE NEGATIVE CAN PUSH CAUSE THERE IS MORE POSITIVE IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE WHAT IS THERE AND NEITHER OF THOSE ARE EVIL OR GOOD THAT IS A SEPARATE THING TOTALLY YOU HAVE ACTED LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME THEN KNOW I DON'T EITHER GO AHEAD AND FIND YOUR WAY AS I GO MY WAY IT WORKS BOTH WAYS TO MAKE ANY TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WORK MY GENERAL ONES ARE MORE LAID BACK WHEN IT COMES TO FRIENDSHIP YET I TRY TO DO THAT WHICH THOSE LIKE ME DO WE ALL PUSH OURSELVES AND MAKE THE OLD DYNAMIC IN A NEW WAY THAT IS THE REAL MEANING OF SURVIVING FOR IF IT STAYS STILL AND NOTHING CHANGES THEN ITS STATIC AND STATIC LEADS IN ONLY ONE DIRECTION AND I AM NOT READY FOR THAT SIX FOOT GRAVE ANYTIME SOON CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW SO DO WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO AND MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT YOU HAVE AND ALL THE REST WILL FOLLOW BUT DON'T JUST EXPECT IT TO FALL IN YOUR LAP YOU GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND WORK IT THAT HIGHER POWER GUIDES AND CARRIES WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH AND TO KEEP MY SENSE OF HUMOR AND FUN I KEEP IT RECURRING THAT IS WHAT CHARGES THESE BATTERIES WHEN BLUE ESCALATING DAMAGE EXPOSES YET THE HERO TO BE IS REALLY THE ONES BEHIND THE SCENES GIVING AND NEVER ASKING OR RECIEVING THAT ALMOST BEAUTIFUL WORLD WHERE ALL THINGS GREAT ARE IN THE K.I.S.S. DOWN FROM THE SHADOWS TO THE HEAVENS ALL THINGS CAN COME LIKE A SANDWORM AND TRY TO TRAP ITS HOW WE LEARN TO RIDE AND CONQUER FROM THE SMALL TASKED GOALS TO THE LARGER BIGGER PICTURE ONES LIKE A LEGEND IN THE NAME OF RANDOM DICE SETTING NUMBERS ALL AROUND ITS FLOWS IN AND OUT LIKE QUANTUM PHYSICS TO THE REALITY OF OUR SPARKS OF LIFE MICRO TO MACRO UNIVERSAL SIMILARITIES TO WALK THROUGH THE WHITE LIGHTED DOOR THAT PULSES OUR HEARTS IN THE VISION OF BATTLES STRIKING FOES AND FRIENDS ALIKE IN A HAUNTED CONCENTRATION TIME TO WALK DOWN A ROAD AND GET IN THAT CAR AND DRIVE ON DELIVERING MULTIPLE CHANCES IN THE OPEN SPACES OF MY BOOK LIKE WINE IT SPILLS OUT OVER INTO THE WATERFALL OF WHO I AM THAT STATE OF EUPHORIA THAT SETS HAPPINESS IN EVERYTHING YOU DO THE FAN BLOWS THE ASHES OF OLD AWAY LIKE THE DUST THAT COLLECTS OVER TIME TAKING YEARS TO SEE AND ALWAYS BEEN AROUND OH TO MY GUARDED PIECES OF THE CHESS BOARD LIKE MERCURY IN ITS CASE CANT HARM BUT THE QUICK SILVERED BLOOD POURS COLD DOWN INTO MY HEART DROPPING IT LIKE LEAD YET I STILL FIND A WAY TO SHIELD THE DEEPEST PARTS TO STAR IN MY SHINING WAYS LITTLE BUT EXTREMELY BRIGHT THE RED AND BLACK SHIRT CLOSE TO MY HEART AND BRINGS NOTHING BUT A STRANGE FEELING KNOWING IT HAS YOUR SMELL ALL OVER IT AND I CAN'T LET THAT GO BUT I WALK AWAY ANYHOW FOR MY SAFETY SAKE IN THE END THERE NEVER COULD BE ANY OTHER OUTCOME WHATS BETWEEN US IS PRECIOUS AND WILL REMAIN THAT WAY JUST HOW SIMPLE IT IS TO LET MY BLACK AND MY WHITE GROW TILL IT BURNED AT BOTH ENDS ALL GONE BUT YET SOMETHING MUST STILL EXIST CAUSE I STILL SMILE WHEN YOU CROSS MY MIND.