Blow Flow!

I once thought aligning with people's anguish
- be with them in darkness and languish -
put myself in the undertow
never letting go
of thinking
that was the way to show
I care,
to bear
I used to think love meant wading in
- standing knee deep was aiding in -
endless empathy furrow
knees cut on the stones of their sorrow
measured in scrapes and bruises
and everyone loses
then
...
I winced
I flinched
and
whoopsedaisy
no longer convinced
sure thing
no more puppet on my string
and the Minute Men sing

Forever with you, ever without you
Forever with you, ever without you
(Take our test, take our test)
Forever with you, ever without you
(Take our test, take our test)
Forever with you, ever without you

soul punk dancing on the grave of old emotional luggage

I.A.m