Ideas in Exile

When the road gets too hard
And everything seems wrong
Don’t worry or lose sight of the value
The learning that you get
When being forced to think
Starting over in ideas of exile
A path full of twists and turns
Smoking from the burns
From so many others came before you
Just keep pressing on
Nowhere to belong
So says the master to the fool
No problem says I
Not knowing who deny
Trusting everyone that I meet
Get robbed again
From a so-called friend
So says the fool to the thief
Hiding all the time
From those who confide
Conspiring new ways to own me
Never knowing when
Found out again
Pleading to judge and jury
Heard it all before
From movies galore
Are you innocent or guilty
Selfish or robinhood
Must be understood
Responding only to story
Of lessons learned
The hardest way to earn
A living by your own creation
Figuring out the steps
Flopping on the deck
Answer for all we’ve chosen