Because You Can.

You’re that spinning orange leaf in the street
Brought down by gravity, but slowly and leisurely
A fallen symbol pushing against the wind
Because you can, not because you need to.
You pull at strings in the ground
And bury yourself in them just to throw them off
Triumphing over your self-made prison
And scattering the remnants into the wind
Because you can, not because you need to.
Eighteen dollars on colored fabric
Makes for rent being a little tighter
But you don’t care, you work it out somehow
Because you can, not because you need to.
A world of experiences is handed to you
And let each and every one wash over you like waves on the beach
Then let them roll gently past, forgotten, prepared for the next
Because you can, not because you need to.
Life is no different than a party game
That seems quaint for a while
But you always push aside when the next round of drinks comes through
Because you can, not because you need to.