Rain

The undertones of struggle in this piece signify for me, the death of hate and fear.

Rain

Rain again

Let it rain

I got it

It can rain and I’ll be ok

I know what you said and I get it.

This is what I choose.

Because I will not lose

Sight of my path of seeds,

Laying in the thick of the reeds.

6 o clock again and again, again and again

Hole in my wrist in the den.

I keep it safe from the likes of you,

The coffee is a battery

The likes of you

Just smashes me.

I can’t believe that all I have is good enough

All I’ve been told and sold was that sure, yeah I’ll call your bluff

It’s about to get rough

I’ll sell your shirt off your back

It’s so tough

Rain

Rain again

Let it rain

I got it

It can rain and I’ll be ok

I know what you said and I get it.

This is what I choose.

Because I will not lose

Sight of my path of seeds,

Laying in the thick of the reeds.

6 o clock again and again, again and again

Out there it’s not all you can say

Or about seize the day

Somebody help me get off this hay

Cuz I can’t find the needle I sat on

It’s just not worth lunging the revenge upon

You.  I just want to live on, the best

Me I can be.  But it’s like I can’t sit, stand,

I just gotta interrupt.

Run it over, then scrape it up

Yeah, yeah. Ha! That’s me in a cup

Rain

Rain again

Let it rain

I got it

It can rain and I’ll be ok

I know what you said and I get it.

This is what I choose.

Because I will not lose

Sight of my path of seeds,

Laying in the thick of the reeds.

6 o clock again and again, again and again

I sit paralyzed without a word to say

You think I don’t bleed? Well I do!

I am not gonna live on like this in my crew.

I just show you not a whisper of ill intent

Letting you sit there and lament

In all you’ve done.

Does it make you feel

Better now that you’re shunned?

Shunned out of this area

It’s like a net around you

Protecting you from Malaria.

I ain’t scared of ya.

What? What?!

Rain

Rain again

Let it rain

I got it

It can rain and I’ll be ok

I know what you said and I get it.

This is what I choose.

Because I will not lose

Sight of my path of seeds,

Laying in the thick of the reeds.

6 o clock again and again, again and again

Mental Health

More died at the hand of a mentally unstable man.  Maybe if money entered the talk? How many billions of dollars could we save in extra security measures, hassles and fallout effects on families if mental health is addressed? How would someone be left dangling with mental illness if we had preventative mental health measures in place, ESPECIALLY for military personnel? Come on CNN, maybe Alexis had a mental health issue? Is the issue really military contractor access? Really?  What was going on with him before he was granted access?  It is not a question of the military contractors having free range access! Stalling and not addressing the issue.  The real issue is mental health!  Why not address mental health?? Preventative measures now (even though we don't realize the apparent success when there is an absence of shootings) goes a long way in securing the safety of people, not contractor access for the Navy yard.  That is all that will be addressed is access?  Same can be applied to the Fort Hood shootings.  I get that reacting to fix something we can see might look better, but is it? Root cause, root cause.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/17/us/navy-yard-shooting-military-contractors/index.html?hpt=hp_t1