This is My Grind
Sometimes I feel like a child hindered by my imagination
Things moving through my head like in a busied train station
and every once in a while I will say something to drop jaws
I get heated and wrapped in my own conflagration, worrying
and the success of my peers should keep me from over-analyzing my flaws
but it doesn't, sometimes I wish I could run hide and forget my destination
yet, knowing I can get there with some determination
I rise to the occasion, and look past it
And you get mad because
I throw curses like Shakespeare
but rhyme like Doctor Suess
and I shouldn't have to live in fear
of missing my cues while you sit there and make an excuse
cause, I spit words that sometimes confuse
and I bust my ass while striving towards the muse
cause to me daily grind only means
Get ready it's a brand new day,
that metaphor for life metamorphosising me
changing me into a something shiny and new
and sometimes I feel like I was raised by machines
wonderin if robots dream of electric sheep
they use words that belittle and demean
and they still wonder why I'm too afraid to sleep
but they weren't there during the scary scenes
and they don't care just throwing me to the junk heap
I just want to know how to survive
and, when an adult should account for their actions
I find myself struggling
These are things I should have been taught
and instead I am just stuck schedule juggling
seemingly torn by two factions all while
being distracted by all their stimulants and attractions
and I look at how much I have fought
trying to avoid infractions encountered by my inexperience
I realize, I'm no longer afraid of what they think
deeper I sink into wishing I knew how to say so
and if it weren't for the people and the experiences
I'd still probably be that person from years ago
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