Old Friend!

Old Friend!

Our paths have crossed again

Sit for a few moments

Where’d we end? Where to begin?

The man you see before you

A stranger in disguise

Please don’t hold against me

Innocence time left wise 

You’re a stranger to me, too

You are my oldest friend

Will you share with me?

Your experience I desire to lend

How have you changed?

How have you struggled?

Where are you smooth?

Where have you bubbled?

Where you stand

Do you speak up loud?

Or do you wrap yourself-

In the warmth of the crowd?

Who taught you to be small?

It helps to understand

Why when you walk you feel

Like a thief on stolen land

Oh my!

How you have all the answers!

Friend, don’t forget,

As we cast the jigs and reels

Don’t tell me what you’ve heard

Tell me what you feel

And if you get fucked 

In the popular opinion

Let it be just another fuck 

Of the fucks you’re not givin

So now we’re a bit wiser

Somewhere halfway through the book

Forever the protagonists

Forever free of the Captain’s hook

Until next time, my friend

This chunk of time now over

Our paths diverge again

Let’s move a little slower