It was the rooster, then<\/p>\n
Calling me awake<\/p>\n
Staying up too late<\/p>\n
Planting the seeds of our best dreams<\/p>\n
In the clouds<\/p>\n
And we would wonder why they fell.<\/p>\n
I didn’t speak that tongue well,<\/p>\n
But I learned all of the music,<\/p>\n
I figured I could probably use it,<\/p>\n
Worked the rhythm with my hands<\/p>\n
And everyone was moved.<\/p>\n
I knew that I was soothing<\/p>\n
And I could carry all that brooding<\/p>\n
For a time.<\/p>\n
I could make rhymes out of our story,<\/p>\n
Make it sound like wonder, glory,<\/p>\n
Build us up so strong and tall.<\/p>\n
And when you fall,<\/p>\n
When the wind is just a bit too rough,<\/p>\n
When the drugs have messed your balance up,<\/p>\n
When you crash into a wall<\/p>\n
Then you will know just how I folded,<\/p>\n
How I sank down to my knees<\/p>\n
And found support<\/p>\n
Only at the stone cold bottom of an empty well<\/p>\n
Where I fed myself on wishes<\/p>\n
And reviewed all of my lists<\/p>\n
Of all the signs that I had missed<\/p>\n
And there was nothing left to do<\/p>\n
But take apart the world I’d woven,<\/p>\n
Criticize the words I’d carefully chosen<\/p>\n
And warm up the parts of me I’d frozen<\/p>\n
And I looked myself right in the eye.<\/p>\n
And I know, now,<\/p>\n
That the desperation that I felt,<\/p>\n
My dedication to giving help,<\/p>\n
Was my desire to be desired<\/p>\n
By the parts of him<\/p>\n
That reminded me of myself.<\/p>\n
I know now,<\/p>\n
That the rooster taught me in his way<\/p>\n
Many things that shaped who I am today<\/p>\n
And I can now look back and say<\/p>\n
I wouldn’t change a thing.<\/p>\n
But I know, now<\/p>\n
Not to go wishing<\/p>\n
On shooting stars<\/p>\n
With broken wings.<\/p>\n
No matter what they sing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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