As I was lying in bed lamenting
I realized my fortune was overdue
And where my roots do lie
I am a Cambridge college grad or something close
Privately educated, in the seminars of the halls
A green card for life, a citizen of Rome
That means if mother hen, was to be named
I came from the golden goose
That laid me a golden egg
I am a golden egg
The rain tried washing off my sparkle
And it would have worked into environs
If it was that my colour code was painted on
I am a golden egg, from the golden goose
That means my sparkle runs deep
Deeper than the rain can fade.
Yet sometimes on the outside I fade
And blend into an environment obscure
Which tries to indoctrinate me
Of where I belong, false from my roots
For I blend into the state I find myself
How are they, on observers lookout to know otherwise
To challenge their misconception against weathering
Pushing on borders of change, of situations enlisted now
That I am a Harvard college grad or something close
A golden egg from the golden goose , where my roots lie
T' walks the halls of greatness t' laid me a golden egg
A scratch came to discredit fade of economic weathered
And suddenly I was with sparkle, like never before
Underneath the fade, it had always been there with pride
Yes I am an Oxford college grad or something close
A golden egg from the golden goose
That laid me a golden egg
I am a golden egg, from the golden goose
ReplyDeleteThat means my sparkle runs deep
Love it!!
blend into the state and forget my roots....indoctrination....isnt that what education is for....smiles....nice write man...
ReplyDeleteI like the metaphor--you worked it well--thoughtful piece.
ReplyDelete"I am a golden egg
ReplyDeleteThe rain tried washing off my sparkle
And it would have worked into environs" - woo - this was a great write here! I enjoyed it lots! great imagery weaving here!
Fine write with strong images :)
ReplyDeleteWow...what a great poem...I'll be thinking about those images for quite a while!
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