Ever since I was a child you always said that I should understand the rules
You take some and give less
Sit high above the rest…don’t you
As I ask a simple question
Cuts me off with his reply
He’s been practicing for decades
Now he thinks I have the time
He flows in and out of riddles
Looking me straight in the eye
But it seems like something’s missing from the days when he was more my size
Ten years older and I’ve finally found my pride
This old man comes rolling home to die
Old feelings make it hard to decide just what it means to me
Everything exists ‘tween black and white
You can twist and distort the most blatant of lies
Or just offer up solutions practiced only in mind
I lost half my life to wisdom