So Far So Long

it could have been you too

it still might be

someday

today

 

there's still time

you never know

until you're there

 

want it or not

pay attention

 

you could still turn out

one of them

good or bad

 

either way

see the signs

 

that everyone sees

in others

but no one recognizes

in themselves

 

they're there

 

it's not having the will

to see them

but having the strength

not to deny them

 

it could still happen to you.

check yourself

 

everyone could be the hero

they think

but almost no one is

 

if not the hero

then the victim

but hardly ever is

 

heros

villians

victims

 

found in literature

history

strangers

but almost never

in the people

within our reach

 

they are imaginary

fiction

they are built

 

everybody wants to believe

there's a bad guy

but not that they're the bad guy

 

no one would dare to consider

the thought that it could be

 

them

us

any of us

all of us

 

i know i sure didn't.

but you know what

 

it turns out i actually am

i am the bad guy

imagine that

 

i might still be the worst thing

that happens to you

if i haven't been already

but i can't escape me

 

so far

 

i'm the very worst thing

that's happened to me

 

so far...