Meridian (Interlude)

Yo!

Made my second friend in Middle School!

My Father reckoned fitting in with Athletics

Would throw off skeptics, first impressions

And reflections in the dating pool

Like "what depression?" Wasn't mentioned

When I'm stressing for the leverage

Of reception 'mong my peers

Ain't a blessing, it's a lesson 'bout fear

You ain't prescient when addressing

A new threshold of testing

Whether freshly fleshing-over

And caressed with a spear

"Who drank the rest of the beer?"

Put the questions out

I'm guessing best to cover your ears

In arrears from the feeling

That the serpent gonna find me

Running, let my stresses out

Suppressing my tears

Freshman year is nearing

And it's urgent that I'm stymied

Tryn'a put the curse behind me

But I'm nervous with new people

And I'm learning that a yearn

To find my equal on this Earth

Is disconcerted and feeble

Without the Church and the steeple

Weasel through the dirty "Heyyyy"

While we search for a needle

The homie Sean was the sequel

He helped me into the teams

Whether football or the weirdos

At the bench by the tree

And the green construction fence

That kept us hidden in peace

'Til our need for some destruction

Has us making a scene

It was clean for a time

With out dynamic dysfunction

We saved a seat

For the grimiest discussions, I loved it

Not that we were getting deep

There's that teenage reluctance

But we sharpened our teeth

With the meanest speeches, corrupted

It ain't enough to be trusted

But good enough for my parents!

It's so rare that I'm not there

A "Where is Phillip?" to Terrance

I've been grilling in forbearance

Since my Dad had dared to hurt me