How I Feel Affects Other People...

I MISS ME

I thought about switching lives with you.

But I miss me already.

See, I don't know if you enjoy waking up every morning

And that happens to be one of my favorite moments

Because it starts me off having reached my primary goal of the day

For my goal everyday is to wake up tomorrow...

And I don't know if you really appreciate

how your fingers and toes move.

While I know I really get a kick out of feeling

solid, soft or sandy soil supporting my successful stride.

I happen to enjoy touching, squeezing, holding

and pointing myself in the right direction

That direction is up, (by the way) are you headed that way?

I know I am,

And I'd sure like to be in my shoes when I get there...

Because I pretty much know how I'd deal with the crowds.

Got my acceptance speech ready, and been practicing my smile

Come to think of it,

I've been working on it since I was a child.

My favorite outfit will be pressed brand new

Family, friends, teachers, heroes, TV shows,

clients, habits and hobbies

They'll all be there too.

Can't say I'd know how to handle them all,

if I woke up and found out I was you.

My mentors would take credit, while giving me praise

They'd help me relive memories and cherish new days

Oh, how I would laugh at the tough times

and the material things that were lost

And rejoice in the character they helped build

See, my life and spirit are beyond monetary cost.

Every enemy would stand in their place

and receive equal time to express the beauty they inspired

through their negativity.

Let's face it,

so many of the lessons we actually learn come from disharmony.

A selfish person made me want to share...

A jealous person helped me recognize insecurity...

A lie reminded me to tell the truth...

I remember joy & pain... I like sunshine & rain...

And it was a man who taught me how to be a man.

I've been vigilant, patient, spontaneous, loving, mean, mischievous.

Ignorant, irresponsible, (irresistible), innocent, intelligent, intuitive, intimate, interesting, introspective/indecisive, insightful/insatiable, insensitive/incredible, indispensable, independent, incoherent/incognito, indescribable, inexperienced, infallible, indestructible, inspirational, inquisitive, instinctive, instrumental, IN...

and OUT...

Outstanding/outrageous, outside/outsmarted, outspoken/outdone, outlandish/outclassed, outwitted/outcast, outnumbered, outraged, outright, outreached, outranked, outvoted, outgoing, out of sight, out of this world...

oh, yes, even out of breath…

(and almost) out of my mind,

Because, I thought about switching lives with you.

But I miss me already.

See, I don't know if you enjoy waking up every morning,

And that happens to be one of my favorite moments.

”Your Name Came To Mind”
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