orange sherbet

as a child
scooping the favorite
colors in the rainbow sherbet tub
some aspirations were
limited scope

you'll never be president
but your brother might
triumph this adversity
in a varsity sweater
you failed to size
from willful dis
regard of rule

just because you watch sunsets
on the left coast of life doesn't
make you one of the special ones
you are still a soul in need of proof