Conflict

You’re just

like some people I once knew

like my father my brother my mother my friend

She said, he said, they’ve all told me that 

You can be happier

if you’d just

change your attitude your outlook your ways

I remember the person I was and the one I planned to be

You can be so much more

If you’d just

try harder work smarter and think about what you’re doing

I remember thinking, this isn’t so hard, I can do this all day

If you’d just

be yourself be friendlier be more social and have more fun

I remember being cool and young and smart, remembering every little thing

If you can just

let it go let it ride let it be

and stop thinking about it

And staying up all night and greeting the day, and getting ready to go again, it’s no big deal

If you can just

accept try change and stay in the moment

and do whatever you want to do

and be whoever you want to be

And always getting up for whatever came next

You can just

hold it together

keep going

and make it.

Yeah, I remember.