in the beginning
Posted: September 27th, 2011, 9:15 pm
I was a lonesome kid, sad
got slapped a lot for my transgressions
though I never knew
what I kept doing wrong
whipped pretty good
with daddy's brown belt
for being a fuck-up, he said
he'd dangle me in the air
with one hand, wail with the other
he tore my favorite shirt
the one I bought with my own money
earned from cutting grass
so I took the lawnmower gas
to the woods, struck a match
ran like a bandit to a good hiding place
the blaze made me feel alive
the flames were mine
I gave them life, I was special
I could not be ignored
god himself saw it all
he knew I had the balls
the determination, a half-baked plan
things were too green, too wet
to do any real damage
it was a token statement
a nothing of sorts, but a start
got slapped a lot for my transgressions
though I never knew
what I kept doing wrong
whipped pretty good
with daddy's brown belt
for being a fuck-up, he said
he'd dangle me in the air
with one hand, wail with the other
he tore my favorite shirt
the one I bought with my own money
earned from cutting grass
so I took the lawnmower gas
to the woods, struck a match
ran like a bandit to a good hiding place
the blaze made me feel alive
the flames were mine
I gave them life, I was special
I could not be ignored
god himself saw it all
he knew I had the balls
the determination, a half-baked plan
things were too green, too wet
to do any real damage
it was a token statement
a nothing of sorts, but a start