Give up so much
Just to ask for more
Funny.
How would it feel for your heart
To be on the floor?
Open for all like a broken door
Revolving around every issue
To avoid driving away
Someone
Who I loved.
Did I ever love?
What does it mean?
Where was the dopamine?

Taxes
Deadlines
Evictions
Payments to meet
Grocery store exclusive meat
Up to ten dollars
Wish I could eat for free
Like the birds
In the park
Deer
In the backyard
Bats
In the darkness
If only their life was easy too
Gotta think about living
By that, I mean surviving
Protecting family with your biology
No fancy tools used to get to the same end:
Death.
Was it always like this?
Crying over the thought of tomorrow?
May be mature, but I thought it was a gift
The more I'm aware
The more I wish that my mind was bare.

Why waste time?
Hoping for better years
Oh, please
Issues remain the same
Beasts can never be tamed
Too long
Steeped in disappointment
So it's time to just accept:
Pain can't be fixed on the clock, appointment.

Clarity
I'd like my daily dose
Yet when my lens is clear
Something comes along
Dirt
Scratches
Mucked up perspective
How long can I keep it clean?

No more order
No more justice
No more structure
All that remains:
Pure chaos
Actions went unnoticed
Doubt placed in those considered "cornerstones"
Such is the new way of living.

What was once yours
Now mine
Not to own
But to heal
Watch as the future crumbles
For our shoulders can only hold so much weight
Until they snap

Become rich
Not in currency
But in knowledge and understanding
So others can invest in your legacy