Better than this Bad

To be more than this less
To be bigger than this smallness
To shift the power from these crazy nerves to this brain
A little closer to my grain
To create more than these gossamer dreams
Scene after senseless scene
To be calmer than this wild
More knowing than this child
To look away from the mirror to the window
To have something else to behold
To burn a little less in this relentless fire
To have a more sublime desire
To be kinder than this brash
Oh, to be better than this bad.