isha-quetzal

Folks walk past on the city streets. They stare. They judge. They talk. 'Who's that guy?' 'Look away, before you make him mad; he'll probably crush you if you stare.' People think I'm a brute. They think I'm a tickin' time bomb. They think they know exactly what kind of person I am. But they don't know me. They don't know a thing. Who am I? Who wants to know? Strangers? I don't care. Nobody needs to know a thing 'bout me. I don't need nobody on my side. I don't want nobody on my side. The more you have, the more you have to lose. And I'm not gonna let that happen. Family? Friends? Loved ones? What a joke. People believe in the power of love. People think love makes them strong; that love shines light through the darkness. Love blinds us. Love weakens us. When ya let yerself fall victim t'love, ya become vulnerable. Ya open yerself up t'be hurt, t'be taken advantage of, t'be destroyed. People wanna make assumptions 'bout me? People want to write me off as a brawn-over-brains