as life got harder
so did the drugs
held high
in reverence

and we too
hardened
toughened skin
callous indifference

it's all
so simple
when disinterest
res'mbles
the thimble

and through a canopy
tenaciously thick
no light shone on
the life below

although
the sick and sad,
they rejoiced
for in dark they
feel so at home
so alone
so alone
feeling without
the diety promised
to heal the devout

an eternal eclipse
and we thirst for the light
hunger to see
the clouds in the bright
or the stars in the night

here to starve
on this forest floor
parasites and predators
but never a friend

no friendly face
to recognize
see only gleaming eyes
repulsed by our own
and it feels so alone

how we tell
negatives repel
and there is no hope
for the hungry soul
out on its own

no climb
however far
could make it to the top
all who tried would drop
or else decide to stop

and would one break that canopy,
tenacious, thick, and tough
one finds the trick to all of it,
the sun is but a bluff

and would one break that canopy,
tencious, thick, and tough
one finds the trick to all of it,
the sun is but a bluff