I Gotta Go Back

I wrote this as a companion piece to my solo show "I Got This" at Gallery 825 in Los Angeles. On view until June 1, 2018.

I Gotta Go Back

I gotta go back
Back before I wasn’t sure
Before disappointment got me down
Back before I had questions
And got all confused
Before I thought I understood
Before “normal” happened
When I didn’t have to think about it
I just knew
Knew what I was made of
And what I could do
I gotta go back
Before I believed what I was told
And mislearned what I learned
When my instinct was the undisputed champ
Of my internal world
Before things didn’t work out
Before I got burned
Dumped and churned out for nothing
Before I got screwed up
And unappointed judges cut me down
I admit
I have to go back a long way
Before I knew much about
Pretty much anything
Which left my horizon wide
And I was up for the ride
It’s a bit blurry
But if I close my eyes
And think hard enough
I got this.