A Heart Felt Message

A Heart-felt Message

One day I heard the message:

“A hard head makes a soft behind,

And the tallest trees you fall from are the ones you choose to climb.”

And then I started thinking,

Another gem popped in my head:

“A life well-lived can’t be achieved from the safety of your bed.”

And then I felt the message,

A wisdom somewhere deep

It made its presence known,

From my head down to my feet.

I kept on contemplating

Till I couldn’t think no more

My conscience started kicking in

Of this I was sure.

I felt it in my heart

That some things I did were wrong.

And I couldn’t keep them

As a secret

In the dark for long.

I knew I had a hard head

And I’d made a soft behind

But now I want to see the Sun and leave that life behind.

I didn’t have a helmet, a harness, or the time

But I kept in picking California Redwoods, tryna climb.

But now those days are over

My head’s soft as it should be

And without all that extra armor

I can finally see.

I see the path before

I know who I can be

And that doesn’t include

Being the man who climbed the largest tree.

This heart-felt message changed me

It stayed inside my head

Because a life well-lived can’t be achieved from the safety of your bed.