The urgency of learning to forget

Is new temptation, flashing warning sign

There’s still more child than monster in me yet

Each blessed day I find new ways to fret

While red blood pumps through veins of God’s design

The urgency of learning to forget

A raisin metaphor for sweet regret

As I untangle further from the vine

There’s still more child than monster in me yet

I am a weapon primed to be a pet

I am a vessel for the number nine

The urgency of learning to forget

The guilt takes all the edges from the bet

I pay abrupt attention and a fine

There’s still more child than monster in me yet

Teeth and claws paint lonely a sunset

Re-introduce that muddled love of mine:

The urgency of learning to forget

There’s still more child than monster in me yet