Born Early

I was supposed to be born

Two months from today

Guess I got eager

Guess I couldn’t wait

Sorry

Don’t worry

I’m going to be okay

A lot of my life is

Going to be spent

Getting places early

I turn out to be pretty bright
And I skip two grades

I start talking early

I start reading early

I leave home when I’m still sixteen

And move in with someone

A liiiiiittle too old for me

And then I meet this guy

A record producer

And he thinks I’ve got

I don’t know

Something about me

So I record a song

And the song is catchy

Like, it’s really catchy

Like, right away

You’re singing it

And you can’t

Stop

Singing it

And that means I’m the singer

Of a hit song

Singer is--

I’m not the greatest singer

But everybody wants to hear me

Sing the song

Because I’m the first one

To sing it

That’s how it works

I guess

So I make a lot of money

And I get to do some concerts

And I even put out a few more songs

That people like

And that makes me even more money

And I do more concerts

And I buy a nice house

And I do some drugs

And I die young

I die young

Came in early

Leave early

But I’m okay

As of right now

I’m okay

I was just born

Born early

I do a lot of stuff early

Some people come in

Running, you know?

Some people

Drop down

And their feet

Are already pedaling

Just how it is

My parents are--

They’re good people

And I think when I’m born

And they get to keep me

Right at the beginning

When it seems like

Maybe they won’t

They know

Then and there

That all the time we have together

Is going to be bonus time

Borrowed

I guess you could say

Doesn’t make it hurt any less

When you get a phone call one day

Twenty-seven years after

Your kid was born

Telling you

That kid’s been found

In their mansion

And they’ve already been gone

For close to a week

But maybe a part of you knows

That some people

Are a flash of lightning

And that when the light hits your face

You have to try

And remember that warmth

As best you can

Because when it’s gone

The cold is so cold

You wonder

If you’ll ever feel warm again

I couldn’t wait to get here, you know

I couldn’t wait

To meet my parents

My family

See what all the fuss

Was about

And I wasn’t disappointed

In fact--

Everything was even better

Than I thought it would be