"Inner Voyage Setting Sail"

 

I tried to standout

But I learned to fit in

Does the "punishment" fit the crime

Being myself I was told

Was a "sin"

BUSTING down the inner doors

That I COULDN'T fit in

Society tried to "rip" me apart

LET'S BEGIN

I put in the work 

But the work, worked me

Being ORIGINAL

Got me a C

Failing in Life

But my growth 

Was open source

As I tried to take the program

Out into the real world

I was scoffed at you see

A few saw my vision

The rest either chided or ignored me

Being original, got me an F

By even those, who could also see

Cutting ties and making MY way

But without a compass or support

I could not "sea"

Light and darkness creeped into me

No more bearings

Or charting my course

This made my voice hoarse

I couldn't be heard

And couldn't speak

This made me meek

Misunderstood, yet again

But others just thought what they thought

And let me drown again

This journey so lonely you see

Navigating the "earth waves"

Was it meant for me?

We'll "sea"

As my inner voice came back

I could make sounds again

HALLELAUGH

Let's begin

To dig out my creative self

That is full of wealth

Will my path make me fit in?

Or will that just be a mortal "sin"

By being unique

As we all are

We all bear scars

And usually they are self inflicted

And worse yet

The societies that inflict them

Are made up of you and me

Because we are all blind and cannot see

The sea of humanity we swim in

I'll just let my intellect be

And speak from the heart

And my art

Til society let's go of their "minds"

And then they will "sea"

Brett "Adventure" Drummond