Essential

look at the blood contained in its vessel

veins through your system like streams and rivers

seeking the ocean that's shaped like a heart

back to the place where everything starts

this is more than just my body

it reads like a book of everything potential

line after line of unending fame and glory

that’s grown and nurtured from what’s essential

 

crying, fighting, laughing, dying, its all essential like the

loving and the hating, and constantly complaining

hoping to drag away something worth craving

and keeping that you don’t regret when you’re leaving

 

feel the breath charging and retreating

an invisible army that’s bent on completing

its eternal cycle, but soldiers don’t get bored

they fight with open eyes to the fate that’s in store

this is more than just me breathing

over enemy lines and never retreating

it ticks like a clock keeping time on my potential

the time that I've lost to dealing with what is essential

 

and then there’s my heart

a stone and a bird

a lick of flame, a razor ice shard

a haven for the sweet penetration of love

 

this is my brain it gets in the way

a computer bogged down by its own faulty wiring

I tried to stay logged on but the server is down

There’s too much coming in and not enough going out

this is just another doorway to strive for to

step through to reach my potential

isn't that enough when on the other side

is all that I’ve ever found to be essential



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