Awaken

Today....
I am not a man...
I am merely a being in the likeness thereof,
Trying to see the world for the first time through unbiased eyes.

Today...
I am not Myk Dyaleks,
I am no incarnation of,
I am not rhyming to save myself and the countless millions who’ve forgotten,
I am not writing till the wee hours of the morning,
I am not listening to the same beat for 3 hours straight,

Today...
I am not Mr.G,
I am not going to frustrate myself wanting more than my students do from themselves,
I am just going to push the curriculum and not argue for their future.
I am not their savior, I shall not be crucified.

Today...
I will still be the only son she has left,
I will not tolerate anymore guilt for the relationship we don’t have.
I will not stand idly by and listen to endless bullshit of why that is my fault..
I will be the person I am, grow, and become a better person than i was.

Today...
There’s only now.
There’s only this.
I refuse to regret a minute of my life,
For the acceptance of that is the admittance of time wasted.
I will waste none of my short visit on this beautiful rock.

Today...
I will be a better me, than I was yesterday...
If these lids ever roll back...