"The Man I Once knew"
"Never Leave something you start Because it might just Be the greatest thing you've ever done for someone else."
-Christian Powers
You know who you are...
The man I’ve always known,
Even when I was lost
I knew that you were my home..
I grew up a simple life
Crying each and every night
Because the man that I wanted
was never by my side...
Even to this day
The pain I have still remains,
You know you made an impact
When Failure isn’t subject to change
You were once my only stride
my ride or die to the dump,
The morning trips to school
Were cool and pretty fun...
Now it’ll be different..
With everything lost,
18 years have flown bye,
The man that I knew is gone
A phone call was small
Couple tears and sobbin,
These years are all torn
No More of your quarters in my pocket...
I was born into a tree
That’s seeds were over rooted,
Love was pulled out
Like a dying plant that needs improvement
And why would you try so hard....
To just give it all up,
“I love you”
is a phrase... Everyone knows what it does...
It can either be good
or a poison to the soul,
The respect that I had
Is under the tree to never grow
The man I once knew
once fought for his actions,
Apologize for being wrong
Even if it was an accident...
EVEN IF
life didn’t turn out to be a magic trip,
The man I once knew
Had love and his happiness’
I was flown around the house
Just like every other kid,
Walls were so small
So minuscule and paper thin
And even when thunder struck
Rain would maybe visit in,
Leaving with the anger
The hatred and adrenaline
Apologies were stronger back then
Now its all so common,
Maybe it was me,
Maybe I was first the problem
I faced such a challenge
Missing days of my past...
Caught up with my anger
That everything would relapse
But this man that I knew
His name will not be shared,
Because he isn’t him now
And lately hasn’t really been there
Broken to the core
My heart will surely die...
Because the man i once knew
At least lived with his pride
He never got up and left
unless a situation was in affect,
He never left me sad
Sat me down with words said
Laughter has been silenced
And Tears have been shed
Because the man I once knew
Never Gave up on what he’d manifest...
The Man I once knew...
Damn is it that late?
Years going by...
Tempted by some bad faith
Leaving everything and everyone
To the rat race
THE MAN I ONCE KNEW
NEVER FUCKIN DID US THAT WAY!...
*Cough *Cough
(Catches Breathe)
*Stutters*
The man..Th..The man I once knew...
Would try and be the best guy,
Even when he did wrong
Doing great in my eyes
The Man I once Knew
Is buried with my Genesis,
Never giving up...
Yo I think i need some medicine...
Shaken up and rattled
I’m baffled by a heart break,
Cracked in a soft spot
Lifted by some exes names
Caving deep inside...
The place is gonna fold
The Man I once knew
Held on to me before it closed...
—A Broken Poet
