Pen o’ the Woods : The Forest of the Heart

This time. 
I'm gonna go ahead
and drink the wine. 

I'm gonna take my time. 
I'm gonna come in late, 
and pay the fine.

I’m gonna buck the trend. 
And then, with some luck, 
I will lose and then find my mind, again and again…

I swam upstream, 
and stronger now, 
I’ll take a bow
and eat the cream.

And since it’s true 
we never know 
when this day will 
close the show,

And here’s a day
we have it seems, 

I’ll go ahead
and live the dream.

I’ll disrupt 
your status quo,
and put down roots 
in my own place, and 
watching spring emerge 
from snow, and gather 
the blossoms, 
that rise 
to my waist.

At last, like Harrison Bergeron’s Finalé,
I’ll take off 
these shackles 
and dance 
a ballet.