Ship In A Bottle

I see everyone rushing by, busy allways
somewhere else to be and in the fastest time,
self important lives to live, things to do and the
quicker the better,but life's like that when were
older not quite as simple as when we were younger
or children.

It wasn't allways like that i remember a time
when life was much simpler,when I was happy with
what I had in my world,in my life,the simple things.

A smile from a pretty face,a squeeze of my hand,
a kiss,the sound of a child's laughter and cries,
things that never cost us much,the real valuables
of life.

Its easy to become overwhelmed by work and
the demands outside our own four walls, to
take your eyes off whats really important in
our lives,its too easy.

I am the worlds best at giving good sound advice
to others,I have cupboards full of gold cups for
being there, to help others overcome their inner
demons,their self loathings,their nightmares,real
or imagined.

I'm the king of being there for others to smash
their selves against a rock for them to cling to
when they feel themselves sinking,yea the king.

All your self doubts all your self hates and insecurities
all the pain you want to dilute bring it to me I'm the
best for that.

But what about my self doubts, my self hate and self
loathing ,my fears and nighmares,when it comes to
that I'm the worlds worst i cant share i pretend hey
all cool its groovy its copacetic man.

I took my eyes of the prize the things in my world
that really meant the world to me, and hey its copacetic
man,this is were I'm meant to be surely, I can, I have complained and howled at the moon,but for what?
this is no ones fault but my own,I lost sight of my world.

Its strange but only the things we truly love have the power to get up and leave us, 60 inch flat screen TVs cant, the latest Ipad IPhone ITablet Idont give a shit,
cant and dont and do we place more value on them?

People take out expensive insurances for these types of valuable? yet dont have life insurance for themselves or their kids?Perhapse its just me.

Only our true loves our hearts and minds and souls
and flesh and blood walk away,run away,go away
for whatever reasons.

But really this must be were I'm meant to be no none
to blame but myself for losing my important things
in my world, my own fault for taking my eyes of the ball

So life deals and we take the hands were given,
sounds about right,sounds fair, my life's an enigma put into a box of puzzles and tied with a pretty bow of
a mystery.

I allways wondered as a kid how they got the ship into
the bottle,the day I found out I lost something profound
and it made me sad to know I could never undo that
and now it wasn't a mystery anymore.

I am that ship in that bottle today my life's a puzzle, people keep
asking me how I managed it? but its my secret and i have never been one for sharing private thoughts or lives.

Whats it matter anyway...Its all copacetic