Rightly Jennings Poet Lyric

A L M O S T a B a B Y

so, who is not dishonest,
    right from the word go?
   who put the I before promise?
it was you because I said so... from the word go 
       when I was nearly a child
 you were almost a baby
it is not time that decides
      you don't get to play me... almost a baby  
                                              almost a baby

          now as the world divides
        and it's all forks and knives
              now I live a thousand lives
           All of them tainted, I'm tainted

standing tall in my shade 
 you were almost a baby
ne'er had call to be afraid 
        Well, not until lately... almost a baby 
when I was nearly a child
 a'playin' knock-a-door-run
          s'bold, gentle and wild
      Now where has that boy gone?... knock-a-door-run
                                                        knock-a-door-run

          we are now civilised
       I'm the creative one
              devising alibis 
         and I am going, I'm gone, I'm wasted

when I was nearly a child
 you were almost a baby

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Poet Destroyer A February 18, 2016 at 1:21 AM Rightly, well expressed, to share a life now gone, the poem is deep.. I enjoyed.. LINDA Rightly Jennings February 20, 2016 at 10:34 AM Thanks for not destroying me Linda. Lol. I'm happy you liked it.

Skat A December 2, 2015 at 11:14 PM RIGHTLY, thank you for sharing.... Luv SKAT