You Will Be Born

[One:] You will be born into a Strange and Desolate place [Two:] It will be called "The Average Home" [Three:] The times will be Restless and full of Uncertainty. [Four:] It will be full of violence. The end of the century. [Five:] You will silently question this of your mother as you drink your milk, and you watch her move away [Six:] And there will be no answer [Seven:] You will begin the long process of shutting down [Eight:] Your countenance will reflect less light and later when you look at pictures of yourself [Nine:] You will wonder [Ten:] You will give up your backbone to the T.V. and you will accept a value system [Eleven:] Putting forth Lies and Hatred and Intolerance as acceptable in the name of Love [Twelve:] No one will step forward from the Shadows saying, "Expect this. It's Part of the Path" [Thirteen:] You will discover Drugs and Alcohol [Fourteen:] And you will have a good time [Fifteen:] You will have a good time for a long, long time [Sixteen:] And you will have a good, good time for a long, long, oh way too long time [Seventeen:] And you will rush headlong towards your [Eighteen:] Bottom Line in an Instinctive attempt to Heal yourself