I Kid You Not

Sitting in the high seat of the gallery  
Making commentary, giving tactical advise 
 Is not the same as standing on t' stage, to face t' audience


You have to be there to know what it gives  
What it takes, what it means  
To testify on a life lived 


You have to swim with dolphins 
To know what it's like  
Not sat in the boat, paddling waters 


You have to have lived a life
Seen it with your own eyes
Felt its closeness and trepidation


Yearn your last to give, like greed 
Felt the feel of the last few steps 
Before mountain summit, to own t' stories told