Eight Miles Too High

Be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be. - Thoreau

you sing the song but don't know the words

strum the strings but can't play the chords

beat drums without keeping a beat

read signs without being able to find a street

you claim to be saved yet are afraid to die

insist you care but are afraid to cry

think yourself an achiever but are afraid to try

never asking, "how", focusing instead on, "why"

you try to fly thinking you're one of the byrds

telling the truth when you know it's just another lie

pretending you live in a mansion when it's really a sty

you tell others to go eat cake when all they have is pie

you think you're well grounded when you're actually eight miles too high

Author's Note

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." - Thoreau