Take the initiative

For what we’re up against

To Make them understand

I only tried my best

The way things are

How it was and how it is

Is there something we can do about it?

Perception is everything

Humans have the primal instinct to shame others

not realizing we’re the same

Accept things for what they are

the only person you need to change is yourself

Allow each other to find our potential

The skies are the limit

for what can be done

quit doubting yourself

and have some fun

Getting back to who I was

A past to remember

A way forward

Out of the shame

To fulfill a purpose

have a plan

All these thoughts troubling me

Keeping me from living my life

The way I should be

The feeling like I’ve somehow fallen short

Leaving me alone in remorse

The fear of being too late

Of somehow missing out

And being cut off

Away from the frustrations of all this doubt

I just want you back

To hold you in my arms

Far away from danger

Far away from harm

Do we know our worth

Will we stand the test of time

All of our love needing defined

I wish I could see your face

Save you from this treacherous place

You are my reason

For not giving up

You mean so much

Don’t want to pretend

That I have it all together

Want to know what I lack

Who and what we are

And what we’re about

should we be afraid?

Of what we don’t know?

Want to know what it will take

To have you back in my life

So afraid to hurt you or make a mistake

How could that be possible?

Just need to believe in myself

To realize what I need

To overlook all the lies

Out of this discrepancy

Will we choose to love ourselves

Give ourselves another chance?

A way out of the confusion

To have a fighting chance?

I hate to keep you waiting

I hate to be so behind

Not the man I want to be

But I have an open mind

Oh how I wish I could be a better man

Figure out what needs to be done

What I need to understand

Should I just let it go?

Walk away from all of this?

Too many things I hold myself accountable for

Create a better future

Have a better life

Somehow I don’t remember

What I had before

What I need to be

For me to be secure

I know I hurt you

Wish I had a way

To make it up to you

This shame that won’t go away

So many things I’m not sure of

Don’t know the reasons why

Don’t want to hurt you

You and me where not a lie

Want to give you what you want

Want to give you everything

So much there is to know

Were we meant for each other?

Will I ever know?

Unfair to blame me

Do you really know my heart?

We all see what we want to see

It’s really not that hard

We should at least keep in touch

And get to know each other more

Don’t want you to hate me

For things I did before

Hold on to the plans I have

Let go of all the stress

All of us are going through this test

To begin again

It’s up to us

To figure out what’s best

Understand what we want

What can we do with what we have

Especially the things we know

So hard to put our differences aside

Try to learn from each another and grow

A desire for each other

Is all we really need

Knowing how to please you

Clearer about what you need

Understand what matters

Escape the lies of what we’re not

We really need each other

We’re all we got

Understand who we are

And what we’re about

To not give up on what is feasible

Let go of all your doubt

It’s just the way to be

Don’t want to disappoint you

Its not what I want to be

If we can accept each other for who we really are

I think that’s is the plan

I think that is a start

No one is perfect

Learn to accept each other

To treat others with decency and respect

Everyone has a past

We tend to forget

Things we can’t live up to

A fight for another day

things we try to hold on to

Things we let get away

No one knows the future

We don’t know what’s at stake

Important to stay positive

About the choices that we make

There’s still time to get it right

No matter how hard it seems

We still need each other

To help us with our dreams

Quit making excuses

We can’t be what we’re not

The will to succeed

Knowing what we got

It can be brutal not knowing how to handle a situation out of our control

We all have to do what we can

To find how to stand

Accept that everything in your life happens for a reason

Everything has a time, place, and season

How to navigate negative emotions

I gotta do what I gotta do as a man

It’s not really up to you

I make my own decisions

I’m a grown man

You think your out for my best interests

Yet you try to make me wrong for every little thing

You really think I’m gonna listen to you?

Am I even all that different?

Tired of trying to make you see

We all have a dark side inevitably

The facade of a normal healthy life

While the rest of us wrestle with what we have done

And I take the heat

Of what they think of me

A false image of a person that’s not even me

Still needing to give it my best

So much held against me

Strange days ahead

Cause of all the bullshit that’s being fed

All because you can’t right me

With ample proof to be seen

Will you take the opportunity

To see things in a different light

To be the best was never my concern

All I wanted was you on my side

To be who I am and do what I say

In a world that never appreciated shit

My children needing me in their lives

Unable and unequipped

Having to face what’s kept us apart

All this time

There probably won’t be an end until you can stop telling me what to do

But refuse to lend a hand

Refusing to believe in me

Not willing to give me credit

And really know what it took

I’ve already done the impossible

What is it you cannot take?

Trying to keep me from being able to find

What’s actually rightfully mine

Now is not the time

Especially when hated and despised

Wrongfully accused

For all I did for me and you

Disagreements about what is true

Everyone telling me what I should do

It is what it is

There’s nothing else to say

What your offended by is not fair to me

Unsure of myself and what I am to do

To get my life together

And learn how to help others too

What we care about

What we think about

What’s important to us now

This is what makes our life meaningful

What we’re capable of

What we think is possible

Show me how

What are we about?

What gives us the strength to keep going

To not stay stuck in doubt

Overcome the scrutiny

That terrorizes our lives

All we’ve worked so hard for

Of all we’ve tried to achieve

Learn to make decisions for the outcomes that we need

Can’t wait to believe in what it is we’ve done

Don’t want to be accused of screwing up

What we’ve worked so hard for

So much expected of me

Concerned about how to connect

Predictions of how it’s supposed to be

Wanting sex to be as good as it can be

Confusion about what I am to you

Too much to try to understand