Hear_me_speak

Listen to the words that spill between the pauses of your speech,

Faint whispers foresee a future that isn’t bleak.

Hear_me_speak

Why need evidence,

When the receipts are in the feats I’ve accomplished?

Haven’t you received all things promised?

I guess not!

Hear_me_speak

Seek the wisdom clenched between finer teeth,

The green you see isn’t just celery.

Telling me to go fuck myself won’t help you reach your dreams,

Nor will it place you on TV screens.

Hear_me_speak

I mean, baby,

Is it crazy that I want you driving a Mercedes-Benz,

Instead of lying lazy, craving what you don’t have?

I can’t have you starve over nothing—no way.

So listen carefully,

Listen to the whispers that shake you mentally,

The fears that crawl down your throat,

Making their way through your intestines, grating your stomach lining,

Placing their cold palms on your spine,

Creeping up to the back of your neck.

So please, just hear me, and it will all be fine.