Pretty

It’s pretty enough for me. It’s always been. This life’s a hell of a ride, and I took it for a spin. I’m fed up with the limits of skin. I tell you where I’m at, but rarely where I’ve been. Beauty hit me hard, how i wished it was soft. The truth beyond wherever I’ve been, and where I’ve gone. It gon’ take me ‘fore long. The swan song rings and I hope to hear it. Does its grace grant me clearance? Or am I far off f’rom when I felt the nearest? Oh mother dearest lead me through the desert, grant me new appearance. Birth me as a bird so I can glide on spirit. Or at least make my words read forwards n’stead of needing mirrors. I write it backwards and read it faster, my practice as an actor. A disaster lasting longer than my best chapter. Filled with laughter. So I can enjoy the beauty, and appreciate the soul after. It’s pretty enough for me. It’s always been. This life’s a hell of a ride, and I took it for a spin. I’m fed up with the limits of skin. I tell you where I’m at, but rarely where I’ve been. It’s pretty enough for me. It’s always been. Take this life for a spin. I’m fed up with the limits of skin. I’m fed up with the limits of skin. Cuz I want me looking pretty. I want me looking well, doing good, not just profit off of pity. Is it sketchy? It’s iffy. I really mean it, really. I said it too many times for the line to be silly. These chilly lines. Keep me up at night. Make my mind wander, make knives of clouds in sky. No place to hide if the air corrodes my hide. Flesh bitten, rotted, fallen off often. Coffins fond of me, find my form in dampened pockets. Gosh, I oughta get my wallet and return this oshkoshbgosh. Cuz I ain’t father no babies, too much beauty, have me lost. A bunch of piggies beheld in divinity’s trough. Oh, rough. Tied me up, I’m so not. No bow tie this closed box is so hot and I ought to just live and not flop but my shot is looking ugly. It’s pretty enough for me. It’s always been. Take this life for a spin. I’m fed up with the limits of skin. I’m fed up with the limits of skin. I’m fed up with the limits of skin.