good mornin'

you never saw me for me.
you always sought out someone to be
something you had previously defined.
well, he's not me.
and he'll never be.
that's your loss because i'm closest it gets to reality.
the most earthbound child on the face of this space.
ear to the ground, i catch every sound.
and he.
well.
he's not me.
it'll come to you in a week, in a month, in a year, in a lifetime.
at some point, you'll turn back and see.
there's a distance you can't traverse.
there's a lesson you never learned.
you never listened to me.
you never understood me.
you never saw me for me.
i was just a means to an end.
i get it.
i'll keep driving home alone.