“Alexander build a bridge to Tyre,
\nI can’t walk a straight line ‘cross the street.
\nHow am I supposed to be my own empire
\nof one when I’m not good enough for wander meat?”<\/p>\n
I think things like this when others opine
\nthat maybe I should chart a course in life.
\nWell maybe all my foes, some of my friends, whine,
\nbecause a lack of course means lack of strife.<\/p>\n
I can’t say I’d hide from all the fair fights.
\nI’d have helped ol’ Alex build that bridge.
\nBut then again my course don’t keep me up nights
\nexcept to wonder what’s beyond that ridge.<\/p>\n
I spose I could have been a doctor’s lawyer,
\nnot so much the much-sung ‘Indian Chief’,
\nand though I could have had everything to want, sure
\nenough I would have stuck and come to grief.<\/p>\n
I’ve paints, and paper, pens, and inks and guitars.
\nA banjo I call Steve to warm my knee.
\nI’ve goddesses to write for and paint their stars
\nand goddesses I want, who might want me.<\/p>\n
So next time you see an artist working don’t think,
\n“They could have had so much, how low they fall.”
\nLook to yourself, your routine, see if there’s a brink
\nto build a bridge to,
\nif there’s still time for you to build at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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