The meaning of the phrase " of mice and men " is an individual interpretation

To me it outlines the two choices in life

When you get hit with the bulls**t

You gonna burrow like a mouse?

Or man up and clean the sh**up

It's easy to complicate ones own life

So when troubles arise

I think about " of mice and men "

And regain my focus

Because there is plenty of mice

But not enough Men

Day by day, night by night

I press onward on this journey through life

The troubles come and go, the praises ebb and flow

And I travel ever steady

Day by day, night by night

I do not walk alone

My friends and family are a part of my spirit

And when this traveling begins to wear on my soul

I see a picture, remember a thought and I am always home

My beloved friends and family keep me whole as I travel on this journey

Ever steady

Day by day, night by night

In the past I only worked the body and

My soul still did not feel whole

In the past I lethargically worked my mind and

My soul still did not feel whole

In the past I was fragmented pieces of myself

Now that I'm working the mind and body harder than before

My soul will be stronger forever more.

You stab me with your silence

Every indecency towards me

Breaks away a piece of my flesh

Until there is no flesh

Only my soul

Stronger than anything you've ever known

Every day I awake/ is another day I thank the Lord for the chance to make amends

for past mistakes/ I thank the heavens for giving me another opportunity to learn

life lessons/ the mornings, I cherish, because it means I'm still alive and not yet

perished/ this day will not be wasted, for, I realize I'm blessed with another

chance to achieve success/ for me it's not measured in dollar's and cents/I

measure my success by every day I awake

you see my soul through my writings/ from the joy of reclaiming myself, to the hurt that caused me to lose myself/ i hide nothing from the public/ I'm not scared to speak about the subjects that effect me on a daily basis/ from physical entities to emotions that are faceless/ I put pen to paper, fingers to keys, and on occasion recite a prayer on my knees/ the reason I'm free is because I know no person on earth has the right to judge me/ and if they do, they are a damn fool/ jealous that I haven't forgotten the Golden Rule/ and like that rule I am Golden because I haven't forgotten that we are all Golden/ I can see through the tarnished you and not pass judgement on the outer you/ I can see through your down trodden state of mind and tell you that I believe in you/ I can cut through that steel exterior and and expose the fact you project that because you may feel inferior/ what I write may not be fact/ but that's not why I express myself so freely/ I do so because I'm not scared to express the honesty that many so clearly lack/ I'm not scared to catch some flack because I believe in me and I have my own back

suicide is for the meek/ for the people that tuck tail, jump in the well when the **** gets deep/ i understand people may feel that the troubles are overwhelming/ but you got to understand me when I say you gotta keep on persevering/ because believe me when I say that the victory is infinitely sweeter/ when you realize that you can triumph over your fears, the tears, all that negative ****that made your outlook on life not so clear/ I speak the truth because I've lived the truth and if i said that I hadn't contemplated this bull**** it would be the realest untruth/ so get your soul out the darkness, walk to the light/ because you not the only one that's going through harsh plight/ but youre goal should be to join me and the countless others that made it to the light

what I was unsure about yesterday/ i know today that it is fact/ she unknowingly has pulled me out of the dark abyss/ of the one aspect of my life that was still in tatters/ the feeling may not be mutual/ but this renewed feeling of the ability to feel intimacy is actual/ I speak of intimacy on a social level/ because that's the building block to the next level/ and though the next step may not be with her/ I'll still sing her praises/ because it was that one night at the bar that I'm thankful for/ thankful because it proved a point/ that sometimes you can't always get what you want/ but if you're patient enough, you get what you need/ and what I need right now is all that you offer/ even if you don't realize what you hold within/ I see it in you and that's what's allowed this emotion to begin anew

at one time or another we all go through a hard time/ experience some harsh **** in our lives/ we stumble/ tumble/ or completely fall flat on our back/ looking up at everything we've lost/ or everything we wish to claim/ wish to regain/ it's in those times we must all refrain/ from thinking that there is no better life to attain/ that happiness is a feeling we can't obtain/ it's in those times that we must all realize perfection is an illusion/ a word in the modern day lexicon that causes nothing but confusion/ once we come to grips that strife is a part of life/ that without the hard life fights there is no feeling of accomplishment/ it's at that time we regain a new life line/

I'm not saying I don't love my life, love my family, or my friends/All I'm expressing is that the gentle touch of a woman would feel so nice/The time seems right for me to find a special soul to enjoy a long kiss goodnight/ to converse with her about something other than my hard work day's/ because she would already know that she snap's me out of the hard work daze/ I'd like to know that when the day is rough I can ring her up and she can exclaim that work has an end/ and when that time comes she'd be all dolled up and ready to dine/ or dressed down and ready for a trail ride or a run/ she may even just stay dressed in a tee and boxer's and make it a movie night/ plain and simple she would know what to do to elevate my spirit/ and maybe I'd say something cheezy like just let me hold you close and you'd be near my soul/ or surprise her with a basket of her favorite fruits when she goes through a hard time too/ flowers and jewelery are a standard/ but it's figuring out her simple tastes that may actually truly matter/ I'm rambling on for too long but what else can I do with no sweet heart to call on