LET'S BE REALISTIC

LETS BE REALISTIC

AFFAIRS OF THE HEART

CAN'T BE MEASURED BY STATISTICS

THEY SAY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE

YOU SAY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE

THAT I SHOULD FEEL THIS WAY

NO BASIS FOUND.
  
IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS
 
WE ARE BOUND

I LIKE SILK YOU PREFER FLANNEL GOWN

YOU GIVE KIDS A SECOND CHANCE

I TELL EM THAT TOWARD HELL THEY

ARE BOUND. 

WE WORK POLAR OPPOSITES OF THE SPECTRUM,

BUT AS ACTION FIGURES

WE GET IT DONE

  LETS BE REALISTIC???

I CANT AFFORD TO BE REALISTIC

EVEN WITH ADVANCING AGE

I MUST REACH FOR WHAT

SEEMS

TO BE JUST BEYOND MY GRASP

WITH THE REALIZATION THAT

I MAY SLIP THAT I MAY CRASH 

YET AS I VENTURE FORWARD 

PER WHAT MANY DESCRIBE AS A FRUITLESS AIMLESS DASH

THE FRUIT OF THE VINE

MAY BE BEYOND MY REACH,
 
BUT THE MOMENTUM OF MY SWING

 THE DISTURBANCE OF 

EMPTY AIR THAT I BREACH

MAY CAUSE THE APPLE

 TO FALL FROM THE TREE

 AND

 IF I CATCH

 THAT APPLE

 BEFORE IT FALLS TO THE GROUND 

A TASTY DELIGHT

 IT WOULD BE FOUND

 INDEED

IT WOULD BE FOUND

 INDEED.