Lizard
Okay, so keep with me.
There was a doll made up of bits and bits of stuffing falling out and ratty cloth
And this doll, sad dull brown button eyes and all,
Was dancing rather solemnly on a garden wall.
So anyway, this tin man-
What do you mean I said doll before?
This tin man, only metal to feel, no heart or warmth at all,
Was searching for something
As he made his mechanical movements,
Slowly, oilessly, searching for moving parts where his were rusting and
This puppet had too many strings holding her, right?
I didn't say tin man, pay attention,
Follow me,
Keep following me.
So they dance and they dance in a little merry-go-round on this well where the only way out is down
And nobody to save them but
Common sense or gravity.
You'd think the reasonable thing would be to jump where it's 'safe', right?
Kiddo...
When are you gonna learn that there is no safe?
Everything is insane, we choose the madness that serves us!
So anyway,
I watched that lizard climb up up up,
Creeping slowly and lazily with purpose and none at all
And I watched it get to the top of that wall and I
Watched it
Jump without any cares- too many cares- all woes
Thrown away and I thought,
Did I just witness that thing try to kill itself or
Was that the coolest reptile I've ever seen?
Skydiving, parkour, what have you?
The thing to learn, the lesson to take away from this is nothing,
You were never really supposed to follow me unless you really really wanted to
Because I'm not here to be your guide, you are and I
Am mine.
Because I'm on my own precipice every day
And for every choice,
There's always more roads somewhere
With only magic and madness to follow...
Why stumble and tiptoe and be scared when you can
Plie and
Do da robot
And cut those strings
And maybe even fly?
Won't know unless you step on off that thing.
Life's a merry-go-round in a tiny bit of something surrounded by a sparkly endless abyss full of somethings.
Be a lizard, buddy.
We might come apart either way.
We'll come apart either way