We All Change

We all change
A little every day
A lot over time
The daily grind of living

Everything looks different
As the grinder eats the dawn
Spits out condescending deceit
Perspective disengaging

Counting true friendships
On the palm of one hand
Through the storms
Of this life

Pride and honesty
Melt like summer snow
Depending on the foundation
Dripping down a drain

Patronizing messages
From an idealistic past
Honesty can change everything
Shred the shield of lonely away

People change
A little everyday
In front of your eyes
Familiar strangers pulling away

Promises lost
The effects of this daily grind
Images of this decade
Tossed aside

We all change
A little every day
A lot over time
Breaking promises

It is easier to walk away
Frost’s "Well Travelled."
Than to walk a lonely road
Risk discomfort on the edginess of authenticity

On the warm comfort of genuineness
Flirting with reality
Offenses overlooked
Honesty hurts more

Seeing through the words
Letters meaning different things
Read upside down and backwards
Lining up just to fall down

We all change
A little everyday
The promises maybe we keep
Running away from broken dreams

Hope taunting on the sidelines
Gesturing fingers at fate
We all come crashing down
Smile through the tears

Laugh in the eyes of distain
Silently as it is harder to hear
They will need to stop talking
The clutter in their brain

They will strain to listen
As they run you down
Expecting you to lash out
To justify their own pain

On the edge of a icy road
She holds my spine in place
Saying don’t move it maybe fatal
Memories bring smiles

Glancing at the good life
We all end up on a table
Medicine walking through their protocol
Justifying a label

We all change
A little everyday
Smiling at the sunrise
The warm in this soul

Pride and honesty
Overcoming their decay
Meaning read upside down and backwards
Hope taunting even refusing to let go

Smiling at every sunset
As hope rushes in
We all change
This promise I will keep