AS I WALKED ACROSS THE BRIDGE WITH A BACKPACK CROSS MY SHOULDER BLADES THE EVERGLADES BELOW THE WOODEN CRACKS YOU HAD OFFERED UP A RIDE SO I MIGHT NOT GET ACCOSTED BY THE WATERY SLIDE BUT I SAID NO ID RATHER NOT SAID NO I'D RATHER NOT STEP IN AS I LEFT MY HOME I CRIED AND A SUBSTITUTED FIGURE TRIED TO RECONCILE THE THINGS I'D LEFT BEHIND YOU HAD OPENED UP THE DOORS AND MADE A PLACE WHERE I COULD SIT INSIDE AND FORTIFY BUT I SAID NO I'D RATHER NOT SAID NO I'D RATHER NOT STEP IN I'M ON MY OWN NOW NO ONES BEEN INVESTED IN HOW NO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S BEST FOR HIM I'M ON MY OWN WHEN NO ONES LEFT TO LIGHT THE LOAD THEN SO ONE GOES TO LIFT ALONE I'D LIKE TO EMBRACE IT ALL HAVE I MADE THIS OR IS IT THAT I'VE BEEN MADE?