Suckerpunch

It’s been about a dozen seasons
Since the boy became a man
Now he sees the forest for the trees
Now he touches just enough to feel
He’s much stronger than
He was just yesterday
Won’t get suckerpunched again
Gotta sink so you can swim
Ya know?
You never really learn
Till you fall and feel the burn
Ya know?
He looks back and has
To pitty where he’s been
Then he smiles and walks away
There were days when it
Hurt too much to handle
Foolish boy had to
Learn how to dismantle
All those memories
That wouldn’t seem to leave
Won’t get suckerpunched again
Gotta sink so you can swim
Ya know?
You never really learn
Till you fall and feel the burn
Ya know?
There is a reason
Some reason for all of this
Affliction is a contradiction
To our happiness
Except to tose who know
Those who know