I'd rather watch the wind enter my lungs in the color black.
I'd rather get my eye fitted for a brand new thumbtack.
I'd rather try to breathe water, reserved for plankton and piranha
(I say "I'd rather"... but really, I don't wanna)
I'd rather alone face an army of 10 thousand.
I'd rather never see the peak, no matter how far up I've climbed the mountain.
I'd rather they glue my forehead to a hot glass ceiling.
(Mind you, I find none of these appealing)
I'd rather swim the Atlantic with neither legs nor arms.
I'd rather help those children steal those Lucky Charms.
I'd rather encourage every mosquito, and snake to bite.
(Keeping in mind that I don't think any of it to be right)
I'd rather people get my name wrong LOUDLY and quite clear.
I'd rather embrace any and every irrational fear.
I'd rather live upside down and reach as far as I can for the sky below.
(See, I don't really like the path those would have me follow)
I'd rather pour acid over my own life's work.
I'd rather wear meat pants where the Wild Things lurk.
I'd rather do all these things than not even try,
To let you know that I love you. That I'll wipe your tears when you cry.
-Nii Yartey
