and like the weddings
and bar mitzvahs
we celebrate
the anniversary
of the worst day
and the worst year
we have so far
lived to see
as in the worst fears
of those who haven't
started drinking
-just yet
cause they knew to
suppress the dreaming
by reaching only for
what they could get.
at times we'd tell them
we are orphans
to give explanations
for the pain
and then we teach them
it is not right
to apologize
for their gains
cause they'd donate
all they care about
until there's nothing left
but the birthday cake
because they're so stuck
and so confused
that they trust we know
what is at stake
so like pets
we raise them inside
to protect them
from the grief
cause if we loved something
we'd let it go
but if we love someone
we leave.
so we travel
to the other side
to find the green grass
that we left
and the orphans
tell their stories
of their failures
and distress
and they cross their legs
and wait to see
whatever happens
to their fairy plot
cause we still believe
we have a fair chance
until rock covers paper
and then what?
and it's time
and it's time
and we tell them
there's no way
"cause i"m an ocean
i'm an airplane
i'm a man
and i am free".
