Take a look at me now:
You think I’m impressive? Ha!
I used to be so much stronger than this.
At an earlier time I was at full power
and some thing like the noise
you hear tonight could not keep me down,
not for a moment.

I’d be out on the bar
in the crowd
rubbing on drunkards
dancing with gangs
to gain the necessary attention
to win the focus
and turn the scene around.

I would not lose a room.
I did not lose the room.

I was a more powerful performer then.
Younger, more flexible
greater.

I’m not the man I used to be.
I let some of me go
but maybe, despite it all,
he’s coming back.