Alone

YOU DON’T KNOW ME, ALTHOUGH I FILLED YOUR BELLY FOR 9 MONTHS

MY EMPTINESS FOR YOU WAS FILLED BY ANOTHER, WHOM I PROUDLY CALL MOTHER

YOU WASN’T AROUND WHEN I HAD MY FIRST GIRLFRIEND

TO TELL ME THAT CALLIN’ HER “MY BITCH” WASN’T COOL

TO PREPARE ME FOR THE DOWNFALL WHEN SHE LEFT ME & I THOUGHT SHE WAS THE LAST ONE I WOULD LOVE

BUT POPS WAS

YOU DON’T KNOW ME, BUT YOU TELL EVERYONE HOW PROUD YOU ARE

MY LIFE GOT OUT OF WACK FOR A MOMENT FOR UNJUSTIFIABLE REASONS

YOU WASN’T AROUND THE FIRST TIME I MADE LOVE

TO TELL ME THAT SHE WOULDN’T LIKE IT JUST JAMMED IN

TO PREPARE ME FOR THAT MELODIC SENSATION THAT CURLED MY TOES & EXPLODED LIKE A WARM, SHAKEN PEPSI, NOT STIRRED

BUT POPS WAS

YOU DON’T KNOW ME, EVEN THOUGH WE SEE EACH OTHER EVERY HOLIDAY & PASS AS FRIENDS

THE PAIN EASED AS TIME PASSED FROM DAYS, TO MONTHS, TO YEARS

YOU WASN’T AROUND WHEN I JOINED THE ARMY

TO TELL ME THAT I WOULD BE FORCED TO GROW UP WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

TO PREPARE ME FOR MANHOOD, WHEN ALL THAT WAS FUNNY WAS NO LONGER, & THE ADULTHOOD THAT I LONGED FOR COULD WAIT A LIL’ LONGER

BUT POPS WAS

SEE, YOU WISH YOU KNEW ME, SO YOU COULD SOLIDIFY THAT LIFE LONG DREAM OF SAYING YOU DID SOMETHING GOOD WITH YOUR LIFE

I WASN’T AROUND TO WATCH YOU CRUMBLE

TO TELL YOU THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME MENTALLY STRONGER

TO PREPARE YOU FOR THE FACT THAT WE DON’T EXIST, WE JUST KNOW EACH OTHER

BUT YOU WERE…..

ALONE