Beads, long hair, bell bottoms<\/p>\n
so colorful I glowed in the dark.<\/p>\n
Rebellion at every turn,<\/p>\n
searching for I knew not what.<\/p>\n
All I knew was that I was not<\/p>\n
my father, nor older brother.<\/p>\n
I loved them for sure,<\/p>\n
I was cut from a different cloth,<\/p>\n
So my mother said. But I was<\/p>\n
rushing too fast into the future,<\/p>\n
To hear or understand their<\/p>\n
warnings and comments.<\/p>\n
Throw into the mix a recent<\/p>\n
failed marriage, and alcohol and drugs.<\/p>\n
I did it all, tried it all, but the only thing<\/p>\n
I brought forward from those<\/p>\n
Troubled days were a well-abused body<\/p>\n
And my love for the music of the era.<\/p>\n
Looking back I wonder how I survived?<\/p>\n
However, here I am, feeling every bit<\/p>\n
of those days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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