I’m Sorry
I'm sorry
We just wanted to give you a good start
a jumping off place
somewhere safe to grow
to imagine dragons and be a tiger
to find that spark
and you did
and it grew
and you positively glow
we succeeded
we can pat ourselves on the back
you're a gem, a truly unique, brilliant, beautiful thing
but we didn't warn you enough
we let you live in a safe world
while outside there was ugliness and monsters
flame extinguishers
damaged, nasty things that hate the light
I'm sorry
I'm sorry we sent you full of stories
singing your own songs
into a world of marching to someone else's
dull thud of a beat
I'm sorry
you should have to be the bomb
the solution
the revolution
the fight
thank you for being so strong
for taking on that struggle
for not bowing
I'm sorry
Family Values
I believe in hate
I am full of it
I eat it for breakfast
It's also my bedtime snack
I will not teach my daughter not to hate
I will instead practice with her her aim
We will hate together
Hate is our family value
Hate is right
Hate for those whose selfishness, greed, prejudice, and willfull ignorance harms the innocent and poisons our world
Love is important but
It turns out
It is not all you need
Knowing is Free
Knowing things,
knowing every thing,
is free
When you have no other capital
You can at least hold knowledge
and you don't even have to acquire it
Just pluck it out of the air
Just know
Shout what you know at the sky,
as you push your shopping cart down the street
Yell what you know, red-faced, at your TV screen or radio
Prattle on about what you know to millions of listeners on your immensely popular podcast
Cuz when you have nothing else, you have what you know
Critical thinking, research, studying, all overrated and wasted efforts
mostly serving to make you aware of what you don't know
Why waste your time
Just know
It feels so good to know