Just The Times

I have seen things that have made me hide 

I have heard things that made me desperate to lie

I say it is just the times

I lived through consequences and then I had to go

The dread had introduced itself to me long ago

The apprehension attempted to delay me

It tried to sway me

No matter what waits ahead

My will to live would not allow life to be dead

Disinclined at times, I ended where I did not wish to end

Back then

I took the brunt of the hullabaloo 

I felt beaten up inside and black and blue

Despite my feelings

They still remain pure, innocent, and true

In obscurity 

In my binds

I laugh

It is just the times

I gather my baggage and carefully heed my hurt

My direction I’ve had to divert 

I had to bandage amends

Camouflage the sin

My journey in life has become my intellectual friend

I'll continue to rhyme

And say it is just the times

But don’t ever think

That I mind!

Authored by Shellie Blevins