Drew Engman Occasional Journal

Drew Engman here. I am a 50-something late bloomer baby boomer. Grew up in Burbank, weekended in Pinon Hills, moved up here to the south western Mojave desert in late late 1979/early 1980. Been up here ever since. I played guitar & sang for a living '80-91, worked, went to school, & now I'm a teacher. Life is good!

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Hi, I'm Drew. I was born in Burbank, the youngest child of an acclaimed Disney animator. I collected comic books as a kid, grew into SF and Fantasy in my early teens. I played guitar and sang for a living from 1980 to 2000, then became a teacher. I've been living here in Pinon Hills for 24+ years, married to Vicki the whole time. Life is an incredible adventure.

Wednesday, July 07, 2004

Headaches!

Headaches (When you'ld rather not turn the other cheek)

It wasn’t quite freezing and it wasn’t quite midnight
But it felt cold and it was dark.
I was old and needed a spark, and
Nothing came easy and nothing seemed right.

I blamed me, and you, and them,
But truth be told, it’s a little of each.
We all stretch, and we all reach,
Playing that same old game again.

God, sometimes I want to tell her off,
And put them in their place,
But making a scene would be a disgrace,
It’d all end up for naught.

I’m fighting for my soul here,
In case you didn’t notice.
A frost blew in to coat us,
How’d the world turn out so weird?

Wrong is right and right is wrong,
If I don’t agree with them!
Why do I pretend?
This has gone on much too long.

But the answer’s not “Get in their face,”
Any fool could tell you that
A wise man doesn’t tip his hat
Or take steps he can’t retrace.

Like it or not, it’s not our right
To demand a thing from love.
We’ll forgive and pray that that’s enough
And surrender our side of the fight.

1 Comments:

Blogger Drew said...

Whoa dude. like totally heavy, man. I get "headaches" too.
Ward

10:09 AM  

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