Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Just Jump!

(A Rap for Leap Day)

Try – just try
I dare you now
to remove your layers
say your prayers
but you don’t know HOW.


It’s gonna be grueling
you won’t be fooling
yourself anymore
you’ve been a whore
to your self this whole life.
It’s quite rife
with plastic coverings
while you’re hovering
over the edge
of what you claim
you seek but you’re weak
and your technique
of survival has been
to take it on the chin
let them win.
Never mind me
as you can see
I’ll live in silence
with internal violence
feeling unworthy
of connection and meaning
while internal cleaning
scrubbing and scraping
wounds are gaping
until I’m draping
myself in more gauze
covering the flaws
innumerable they are
as the scars
I’ll store in jars
the pain and hurt
maybe bury in dirt
so no one will see
not even me…

You’re clinging, grasping, gasping
it’s the thought of true freedom
that you can’t handle
so you vandal and scandal
your life some more
and close the door…

But it keeps coming back
the light through the crack
that feeling and wanting
the task so daunting
on the edge again
wondering when
true self will reveal
ability to heal
so close you can feel
just one last peel
away to true core.

Just jump ­–
You are immortal
enter that portal
your soul won’t die
you’ll find out why
but you cling to the branches
on the edge
driving a wedge
between you and meaning
or whatever you’re seeking…

Just jump –
The edge is safe but fake
you’ve got to break
but you won’t.
your mind has shrunk
your soul is drunk
on comfort and haven.
You’ve caved-in
stuck to the plastic
hot-melted on your mask - it’s
intellectual in the attic
with the addict
But the basement rules you…

You say you want to dig
uncover something big
dislodge a hidden something
yank-out the sting
but you can’t hack it
the code won’t crack it
the truth that’s there
if you could only tear
away that scare
and jump –
just jump!

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