I'm a dreamer

In a world that never sleeps 

I'm a painter

In a world that doesn't paint

I'm a writer 

In a world without pen and paper

I'm a dancer 

In a world without music

 

It's the understanding that 

 

I give up on fighting negative minds

I learned the art

The beautiful art of self-encouragement

To be unhappy means 

Your outer self will not succeed

And your inner life will not proceed

I'm happy

 

It's the understanding that 

 

I am the unknown 

I am what people fear the most 

Humans fear what they don't get

50 stars and 13 stripes on a flag 

Don't represent me 

It doesn't represent the hundreds 

Of thousands of undocumented imagrents

"Immigrants, we get the job done."

We do the jobs no one would bother to

We are the indentured slaves 

Of the 21 century

 

It's the understanding that 

 

I feel like I'd go crazy 

Without this paper and pen

To vent 

So lets vent

 

It's the understanding that

 

You can be free

So be free

Permission has been granted

To be creatively free

Open your mind 

To all that you have not seen 

 

Its the understanding that

 

I am me 

Knowing that I don't know who I am 

Is ok with me 

Understanding that understanding will come

Brings me peace

My work is part of me 

It's the understanding that 

I do not understand me.