bald and dreading(for the record)

fifteen years of work
has done nothing
for my work ethic
wishing to kick back
and coast like an old timer

for the record

bald and dreading
the day still beat nature
to the punch
in the face
can’t believe she still
looks this way

for the record
insecurities will get
the best of times
at the worst times
a celebration
never been beaten down
by anyone except the most
powerful self
circles come out in
a mixture of smoke

for the record
every right to hold steel
fear only the self
and what it could do
never will carry or shoot
every right to bear both
in defense of the self
and the family extended
unarmed but fearless
may pass the point
of falling down
and keep right on going…