On My Tippy-Toes Poem by Laquory Jones

Babies are the key to planet growth
Watching them slowly grow
As they're walking upon their
Tippy-toes falling down just to
Repeat the cycle (oof)
Each step closer to success
A brighter future to behold
At least as children that's what
We're always told Society has
Been sold upon this golden rule
That's the only way that we truly
Know how to move forward within
The times making a change
Setting our course of life

Some type of spectacle perhaps this
Type of thinking is not original
There's always that one to go against
The grain but you can't walk in my shoes
Some people will never understand this
Kind of pain and I don't expect you to
While brain storming through-out this
Constant rain perhaps that's all that's
Needed to be gained with pain
Stripping through my internal veins
Until all that's left is the external
Skeletal remains only rising
Emotions to convey my pure feelings
In vain just walking the border-line of
What's insane there's not enough
Words to ever say how much a person's
Sorry okay even if it's not their fault
So many thoughts I've carried throughout
The vault as happiness continues to be
Sought tears of rain is all that I have

This week has been extra brutal
Praying to God upon my knees
Yet remaining fruitful but relief still
Remains sparingly frugal let's walk
Inside this kit and caboodle
Medulla oblongata
Clean up some mental space
I know I oughta pieces only tends
To scatter while I'm shoveling
Them inside my storage locker
Richie tell me what's the matter
I guess I'll release this mental baggage
That's causing all this mental traffic
My friends telling me that's the only
Way that I'm getting pass this
As I stand upon my tippy-toes

A friend came up to me telling me
That she might have cancer her doctors
Found a massive tumor that's now two
Of my friends that might have Cancer
The other hasn't yet received an answer
It hits harder at home a step sister
That I only met a few years ago going
Through struggles of her own
And it's beginning to take its toll
Upon the family unit so
Trying to sit and support them
Sometimes it's useless
There's not enough words to convey
All the things that we want to say
Or explaining away the pain
That we're feeling inside
Sometimes it's like where do I
Hide knowing that one day I will
Have to tell them goodbye with
People in my ear telling me
Richie that's just the Circle of Life

One friend blatantly telling
Me that she's not looking to survive
Grabbing my car keys as I go for a drive
Just trying to clear my mind
I don't think you'll like what you'll find
While I'm driving throughout the night
Holding back tears but losing
The fight as I break down and cry
Throwing rocks at the Rising Tide
Someone once told me to let the stars be
My guide then Richie you'll be fine
But deep down they've lied
It'll never be alright
Just know that I'll love you with all
My might even after the end of time

10/19/2019