I can’t believe he gave up on himself 
Like he failed another test 
I had set out 
He had fallen into self doubt 
So severe 
That he shakes when I come near 
And point my fingers to the stars 
He gazes at them through prison bars 
And could never be free 
Hacking away at old history 
Like it’s all he’ll ever be 
And could only ever graduate 
To a dad or a husband who sits before a plate 
And eats what he’s been given 
And asks to be forgiven 
For what he’s done 
Long ago to someone 
And it wasn’t me 
It was the girl in the green dress and mystery 
And she was beautiful and free 
And I could only think that he 
Discarded her for freedom blue 
For a truth he never found in you 
And I feel my hackles rise 
Because she is divinity in disguise 
And I hung out with her crew
I kind of admired what she peered into 
And I heard her speak your name 
Before I knew the picture frame 
The face would fit into 
And I hope that you do 
Everything you did to her to someone new 
So you must face what you’ve turned into 
I try to throw a leaf 
In fragrant disbelief 
Into the sacrifice you cross 
In a game of love is lost 
And it’s X’s and O’s 
In sure and don’t you knows 
And you dispise
The photograph I place before your eyes 
Because you know it holds a still 
Of everything you never will 
Reach while you’re still clinging to your monkey mind 
Did you realise what you left behind?