NO stalks YES, silently.

Right around the corner

Making someone born of

Optimism second guess

YES.

Quietly, NO raises his voice

To snuff out 

With a sharp doubt

The comfort and warmth of the affirmitive thought

All for naught!

How many times can someone hear NO

And the YES inside their heart survive?

I need to kNOw the limit

I think I'm at that minute.

Someone said Believe

And it will fulfill your dream

Someone said Give up

It's time to call your bluff.

And other people tell me

Follow my bliss!

But that's amiss

When you're pissed.

I really can't be certain of anything anymore.

So why even open the door?

Why dream about it anymore?

How many times can someone hear NO

And the YES inside their heart survive?

I need to kNOw the limit

I think I'm at the minute

Where NO will kill all the YES I have in my life.

NO stalks YES, silently.

Right around the corner

Making someone born of

Optimism second guess

YES.

Oh, yes.

..............

I meant these lyrics to have a Cole Porter-ness to them.  Very jazzy, like something Sinatra would sing in his later years.