YES, I love hard
And YES, it hurts when it ends
YES, I've been deserted by persons whom I've considered friends
And NO, that doesn't make me better
But NO, that makes me no worse
And NO, hell doesn't taste heavenly when you say grace first
And YES, I've been afraid
And YES, I've been brave
And YES, I've been forsaken
And YES, I've been saved
And NO, not in a church
But YES, by God
And NO, my best-laid plans don't always work
I just try harder
And YES, I've prayed for blessings but fronted when they appeared
And YES, I've awaited Destiny yet run when the lady neared
And YES, I've been robbed
And NO, I've never been shot
And YES, I've stumbled home throwing up Peppermint Schnapps
And YES, I wrote the hardest verse of my life in a battle over pride
And YES, said "battle" started off through no provoking of mine
And YES, my folks said, "Dope shit!"
And YES, my folks said, "Post it!"
But NO, I didn't display it
Because YO,
I have restraint, kid
And YES, some call me "Drucifer, Son of the Morning"
YES, I've cried in front computer screens at one in the morning
And YES, I've subsided off junk food when the hunger was calling
Filling up on dessert though my supper was warming
And YES, I wrote this from a piss-strewn U Street bus stop bench
So the sewage and the stench and pollution so intense
And the music from the Benz with the groovy spinning rims
And the acoustics from my Tims would come through this Druid's pen
And YES, I will meet my queen
And YES, I'll treat her as such
But I already love myself
So I'm not needy for love
And if you don't see your own beauty or attend to your scars
Then NO, you won't find peace or balance in anyone's arms
And YES, I do forgive you
And NO, I don't hate you
And YES, I miss our friendship
But NO, I won't chase you
And YES, I think you need to rethink your emotional maturity
If the same wish for happiness I gave, you couldn't return to me
And NO, I'm not "bipolar"
NO, I'm just moody
And NO, you can't say much on such if you aren't helping improve me
And YES, I'm moving on
Because YES, I'm truly strong
Though NO, everyone won't understand the stuff that Droopy's on
And YES, life is a puzzle; a Rubik's in fact
With its yellows and its reds and its blues etched in black
But through trial and strife, I'm never too tired to fight
And I thank those who've come along
For this ride of my life.
© 2004, Drew Anderson, all rights reserved.