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Switching Gears

 
.......and you have    
your loved ones near  
including someone    
that's always been there  
    
........and somehow    
you managed to bear  
the cold  
    
but now  
you must accept    
your good fortune  
    
not pelt yourself    
with some complex torture  
    
.......and you have    
your loved ones near  
    
even the one  
you never thought of  
    
amid Roller Coasts  
dotting your intended course  
he was always inside    
a girding strength for your force  
    
...of WILL    
that carried you across the Globe  
    
and yeah,  
there were times    
you dont wanna recall  
'cause these are the times    
that make you recoil  
    
sometimes you've been foiled  
sometimes you were fooled  
all the while a distant empath    
helped you realize its cool......  
    
'cause thats all in the Syllabus    
of your declared School  
    
THE HIGHWAY is BOTH  
Ivy League AND prison  
You earned a Scholarship    
with a bitchload of conditions..........  
    
You'll Never Graduate    
even amidst    
the Genius of Your Submissions  
    
all is all  
as all should be  
    
the Finest are Life-Long Learners  
dont self flaggelate  
if you aint    
a life-long earner............  
    
'cause that's a navigation    
of someone elses constructs,    
not the laws of nature...  
    
.......and you have    
your loved ones near  
    
yet,  
your course of study    
instilled some well-founded fears  
perhaps the fear    
merely a signal    
to use caution    
when switching gears  
    
HeYeL Yeah!  
its pretty damn frightening  
when out of nowhere    
you stumble pon    
Truth so Enlightening  
we ALL  have that mechanism    
to repel and quarentine  
any TRUTH    
that is at once Euphoric    
and possibly damaging  
    
......with your loved ones near  
    
damage control    
is as natural as breathing  
    
Your professors have all  
beseeched You    
to not just exist  
    
they've instructed    
 time after time    
to Live Life to its fullest  
theres no damn way    
they'd  settle for anything less,  
    
Still registered    
in the  
University of Perversity  
    
Circumstances released You  
in Your present Community  
It's Doppelganger cries  
demand passion and diversity  
    
its not mere chance    
that allowed this collision  
of heightened senses    
slightly blurred vision  
    
Ultimately things  
settle down  
under the right conditions  
    
things be complicated  
So Much hangs in the balance  
exactly the type of challenge  
You're School    
has prepared for you hence  
    
and You are United    
with a friend    
who'll help dampen the suspense  
    
              Baby........  
    
......You NEED your loved ones near  
    
ignorance is bliss  
so ignorance lifted    
creates some fear  
stark awareness    
need  be in day to day life  
even if the dissipation  
of anxiety  
takes Years and Years  
    
Or else we are wasting    
one hell of a gift  
bestowed    
at precisely the time    
we both required lift  
    
you aint gonna let    
this sacred thang    
go Pfffffffft...............  
    
Its true  
We are in weakened states...  
an offensive has been mounted  
Germanic Tribes at Our Gates  
gotta keep pouring  
slag from Our  
castle to avoid    
lesser fates  
    
........than having your Loved Ones    
all around you    
    
Your Loved Ones Need You too  
    
This Loved One will NEVER Let Go    
You are REAL as  
incomparable sensation    
coursing through  
This Loved Ones Being  
since Uniting with You  
    
Hang On Baby  
In Your Soul  
Hang On  
    
We'll weather    
long winters together  
keep each other warm    
with Our Norm:  
    
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Written by drivelicious13 (alon aLion)
Published | Edited 31st Oct 2022
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