The Long Rough Road

It's been a long rough road to get where I'm at today

I've come a long way to attain calmness and stillness to my own dismay

I'm way more relaxed than I used to be; I couldn't be more pleased with how far I've come

I maintain my inner strength every day; by waking up grateful for what I have become

I don't have much; I want more from life... I am my own hero; a fallen rock star

I take one step at a time, one day at a time passing through this world as if I'm okay with the way things are

I'm not completely content with everything because I want more from this life; more than what I've known

Sometimes we all would like to turn back time with a fearless faith in free-will all on our own

I won't allow the world around me to bring me down, clip my wings and break my stride

I feel like I let the world down but I can't help it but to push all that I don't want aside

All this time the years went by; Meanwhile I remastered the abstract aesthetic art

The free world say that it all works out in the end; the real world may of let me down from the start

Whoever she is she's worth the effort and I'm stubborn and headstrong

I'm ready to forgive and forget those who alienated me and made me feel like I don't belong

We can either be our own worst enemy with a vengeance of a redeeming rebellion

... or we can be our own best friend naturally becoming relaxed in the stillness of a calm hellion

We are the only person that matters to ourselves, it's all about perspective

We are our only true friend no such thing as true love without a balanced introspective

The biggest sense of freedom I have attained is not caring what other people may or may not think, we all have our share of laughter and tears

We only have control over what we think of ourselves; which is what others may think of us over the years

I'm a good all around guy for the most part but I have a slight vindictive side

Women can seem wicked when we're unwanted, just cause one woman doesn't see me as the one going along for the free-ride

It doesn't mean someone else out there won't see me as the one when I'm fearless of affection

I do want Miss Right, not Miss Right Now, but I find myself speechless; as I draw in a brand new love connection

Every moment of every day I spend soul-searching for what true love really is; it isn't heartfelt pain

When all this time I needed to find it within myself, I'm my only true friend with a true-self to sustain

Some say that love isn't ever really true, and that love isn't ever really pure

People suffer for love for no reason at all and say that love hurts when they're unsure

Everything starts with self-love; love thy self, be thy self, and the right people will come around to embrace your self-worth

I like to believe that anything is possible if we put our minds to it; I'm staying down to earth

The mind can't be fooled when the heart is in the right place

I've learned to listen closely to my heart and to stay open minded with a surreal speculative headspace

I've learned not to allow religious or political dogma to close my mind or turn bitter and cold

There has to be a reason for the words to come across as the self-expressive story no one ever really told