Cloud Nine
7/29/22
Sane of a sound mind
Stay out mine
Just trying to reach cloud nine
Instead of always experiencing the down sides
Before it's chow time
This all goes without rhyme
Messes cleaned up with a rag
In my presence tails wag
I zig and I zag
Got caught up in another snag
Causing a brief lag
I'll lose a battle, but win the war no need to wave a flag
The same can be said for needing to brag
Or nag
Unlike some, I don't think I got it all in the bag
At this point
What is it, if you've got no voice
Make a choice
Staying adroit
Because most are out to exploit
Quick to rejoice
Give me a minute, I'll tell it clear and true
No matter if they don't want to hear you
It's not all that it appears to
Obstacles I steer and persevere through
By now, it's all in the rearview
Got me upset
For too long they've gone unchecked
While still looking suspect
Yet now the dots are starting to connect
No need to let it lead to some stress
After all only made from bones and of flesh
Done with ill will or in good faith
Drama near and far from wood crates
Too good to be true, at first it looks great
Secrets, eventually the dam could break
There's much I should paint
While I stood straight
In a corrupt and crooked place
Many act smug
Fast to judge
Trying to get you to budge
Saying you've caused another smudge
I don't give a fudge
Through all the sludge
I trudge
Occasionally in need of a nudge
Instead of keeping a grudge
Went through the flood
Underneath moon or sun
Experienced it all, like bad blood it's nothing new to come
Copyright © Dalton Ogletree | Year Posted 2022
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