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I swang today
Just like when I was five
And for a little while
A few short minutes
I could just forget
All the things I've done
As I swang
Pumping my feet
All of it disappeared
Like sand in the wind
No more bottles
No more cans
No more hurt
And no more pain
Before the lighters
Before the pipes
I was just a kid
A kid without a care
Then it ended
As my feet drug in the sand
I remembered who I was
I remembered what I did
All the hurt
And all the pain
All the empty bottles
Reminants of what I did
And I realized
I couldn't just be a kid
And what I am will not change
An alcoholic at sixteen.

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