Martin

Your Famous Last Words Will Be:
"So, you're a cannibal." What Will Your Famous Last Words Be?Sometimes silence is the loudest kind of noise LIKE Sometimes it was best when girls were girls and boys were boys LIKE Back when freeze tag was a mating dance LIKE Back when do over meant you got another chance LIKE Back when anxiety was worrying if super man would make it out alive LIKE Back when freedom was sliding backwards on a slide LIKE Back when success was Jumping off a swing and Landing on your feet then Doing it all again LIKE New shoes made you run faster LIKE Getting Ms. Gross again for math was a disaster LIKE Failure was a word we hadn’t even learned to spell yet LIKE Promises were sealed and kept with pinky bets LIKE A challenge was a double dare LIKE Ugly was a cock-eyed stare And you LIKED it LIKE when you flipped your eyelids inside out to impress that Girl across the room Cause that’s all it took And there was no such thing as too soon As long as you checked the right box In that note From across the room; The one that he passed her Back when I don’t know? Maybe? Was a legitimate answer...Back when I need space meant she needed more elbow room to draw So she got on the floor And he colored outside the lines LIKE The lines of color were on the floor So we just existed in sandboxes And playgrounds And we hopscotched And dodge balled And everything I needed to know I learned in a shopping mall LIKE Don’t wander off on your own LIKE Know who you are LIKE Know where you came from LIKE Never let go of your mother’s hand no matter what you do LIKE If you get lost just stand there Until someone finds you And someone will always look for you Because someone will always miss you And someone will always find you And when you cry Someone will always remind you In that quiet, quiet lullaby voice That sometimes silence is the loudest kind of noise