Stream of Consciousness Part 5

I saw the dissonance that day

I listened to what she had to say

I saw the darkness on her face

She didn’t sing but it was ok

The man that changed my life

Forever when I was seventeen

Is the one whom I greatly admired

He was a disciple of Bruce Lee

I spoke to him after years apart

And that man was brokenhearted

And the monsters just rubbed salt on his wound

That his girlfriend no longer wanted him

He taunted him to face

“What are you trying to prove?!”

“I’m just sad and broken is all, there’s nothing I’m trying to prove!”

His coworker threatened him

He said “If you hit me then I will beat you up!”

“Listen, man, I have brothers! With only one arm I can beat you up!”

He gave me the validation I needed

“You’re a guy who thinks at a high-level.”

He remembered back when I was like that

Made a genius by the devil

We had deep philosophical conversations

“...because that’s my limitation!”

He was wrong but I backed him up that day

“This is how I repay you for your attention!”

I told my mom that I had changed

She asked “Why? Did it burn your cock off?”

For the first time she respected me

“I’m sorry I didn’t give you what you need…”

“I want a girlfriend so badly…”

“Aww…” she said with empathy