Davon Clark - Life(In a Box)

A dab of pain, but a brush of joy,
A sprinkle of anguish, but with pounds of joy,
Discretionable amounts of laughter-the more, the merrier,
Paint a picture, cook a platter, or others-no which way is better,
Life is what it is, everyone sees, or eats, it their own way,
You choose your friends, your lovers, the course of your day,
You choose how you open it, how you cut it, how it unfolds,
You make the colors, buy the ingredients, you pick out your mold,
It might turn out bad, or it might turn out swell,
One minute, everything's perfect, the next, it all goes to hell,
You never know, though, so that's the best part-
You know you're scared, even if only a little, in the lowest crevice in your heart,
You might win the lottery! On a test, you scored high,
get an answer to a forgotten why,
Gain, or lose, something monumental,
Find out life is a video, it's merely your soul's no-late-fee rental,
But, hey, there's more to it, past that,
Yes, life's short, so smack away all the bad stuff,
good thing to use is a bat,
Who cares if you're 'not bangin' ass sexy', or if the rhymes you got ain't tough,
No pun intended, another joke, following infinite more,
Funny or not, the stories that will come with them are all worth living for.

Davon Clark

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