i met an old friend today...

there is
a fire
inside of
me that
refuses to
burn out
no matter
how many time
shit may
hit the fan
i have
an umbrella
to keep me
from
getting
stinky

i met an
old friend
today
i was having
a bad morning
tired as hell
and making
a WaWa run
for breakfast
just before
organ lessons.
I got my
orange spice tea
and hash brown
and was well on my way
out the door
when
through the glass
an old friend
waved to me
i haden't seen
him since
high school
his "crowd" never
liked me
or accepted me
because i was different
and they thought
that was to uncomfortable
for them to relate
to.
but him
and i were
good
friends.
we had done
a show together
hung out
a few times
we were even in
choir together
and for him...that was alot...
because his friends
hated
choir boys

but we
had some good times
him and i
and i havent seen him
since high school
except for today
in passing at WaWa
"HEY jimmy!"
"Hey Zach, how've you been man?"
"Great...you?"
"Good. Nice seein' ya!"
and i began to walk away
how stupid of me
and then i heard
"Hows college?"
so i turned around
and walked over
to his car.
"College is okay,
what have you been up to?"
"I'm going to
Iraq
in June.
And I
got
married
and
we're
expecting
our first
baby
soon..."

"Wow, congratulations Zach.
Good luck with everything."

"You too!" and he
got in his car,
i got
in mine
and we parted ways.

Now i know why
we have to stay
true to this project
Now i know why
I'm doing this
Now i know that
what we do together
could save the lives
of young people.

This town is
very nice
very quiet
and it's school
teaches that
if you have a talent
you should bottle
it up
if you have an
energy
then you are different
in a
bad way
Sometime we have
outlets
to express what we
are truly feeling
to be ourselves
sometimes
we have that
but not always
and after being brought
up being taught you are
just a normal person
"JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE

you must face
these idiots

you pop

we go off to war
because
we can't
express
ourselves
and we're
too afraid to let
anyone
know that we
actually feel
human
emotions

i dont
want to just
do this project
for our own
gratification
i need to help
these people
if i can just
change
and help
one
person
be themselves
it would mean
the world.