Martians, Demons and Fools Like Me

When that wild thought occurs again Everything around you seem mundane The heart twangs like a giant elastic band And exhaustion pushes you to leave this land Close your eyes and dream of falls Accept the change and blink it off When an opportunity slips away once more You feel your wings cut before you could soar You spot your dreams just crumble down You reach the unwanted station of breakdown Close your eyes and hustle sans scoff Strive in serenity and blink it off When you have it all broken and in a mess Luck drove up the wall and nothing is blessed Perception is an abyss of despair and thorns Heart is ablaze and your soul has storms Close your eyes and let the stars take off shine is on its way waiting for you to blink it all off

When I was young, my mom, like most moms in the world used to tell me to stay away from bad people. And, like most moms in the world, almost everyone was a bad person for her gullible, innocent, and saintly child.  It turned out to be more difficult, than I had assumed. The same kid that used to help me with homework was the one who cheated in exams. The girl who used to make drawings for my friend made faces at me.  It left a very profound lesson for me. There is no good or bad person in the world. There are only people who are good for you, or people who are bad for you.  There are people, good for you, who are joking along about anyone or anything, but find the time to sit down with you in the corridor on a cold night, right before an important event, to advice you with all their wisdom, to help you gather your strengths as your eyes start to weep. And then there are people who stayed with you nights and days, & chose to abandon you, on those very cold nights, just bec