Bloody Nose

Your eyes are nearly swollen closed
You had a bloody nose
There wasn't a spot without a cut or a bruise
Down to your toes
Shouldn't be surprised
No one wants to be friends with
Somebody who's best friends did
Something like that to someone you're friends with

And you got out the work
Around 1 AM
You rode home fast
Not fast enough to get away from them
You finally arrive home
Around 4 AM
Crawl through your door into your bed
The bloodiest you'd ever been

You walk around 8
With an 8th, roll up a doobie
Then you prayed for a brake from a God
You hadn't talked to or tried to
Since the eighth grade

And I arrive
Shortly after 9
And shortly after that
You look me in the eye
You said, "please don't cry
On account of my misfortune
Especially not for this
Especially not for this"

It reminds me what my mother did
Before she stopped giving a shit
I guess I looked too much like him
When I was a little kid

Well kid I'm proud of you
And he would be too
Well kid I'm proud of you
Not every scar defines your world

Well kid I'm proud of you
He would be too
Well kid I'm proud of you
Not every scar defines your world

Kid I'm proud of you
He would be too
Well kid I'm proud of you
Not every scar defines your world