Addressing the elephant in the room is never easy
An elephant never forgets
But somehow I forgot me
Wasted potential invested in repetitive negative mental constraints
Hiding behind people’s expectations and justifying reasons formed by voices
With a big heart comes big ears
So my heart hears loud when they say I will never make it
I can’t be loved with all the wrinkles and scars
In a world of different I fit in with the not so good enough
And my world is not black or white, I live in the gray
You can sing but no one would buy your album
You’re good looking but could never be a supermodel
And your qualification is but a decoration
Who cares where you are going when its easier to shackle you to the past
Falling into traps and allowing poachers to graze at my surface
Bullets aimed at my ego,
Chipping away at my esteem
Big exterior, empty shell
Look how the elephant fell
Anti-poaching laws exist in the bible, carrying messages of hope but even then there were near human sacrifices
So maybe my dreams are the price I pay
But an elephant never forgets
and somehow I forget me yet I struggle to forget who I said I’d be
My dreams form wounds that won’t heal and itch at my subconscious
I’m a tortured soul and don’t know how long I have left to live
So I will live like each day is my last
With nothing mattering more than the fact that I chased a dream I could never forget