Things are bad and getting worse
And what's worse
Is this stagnant curse
One maybe set from birth
But who knows
All I know
Is it can't lead to the back of a hearse
First things first
And for what is worth
I need to find my worth
But while searching for said worth
I find myself dying of thirst
Realizing life can't be reversed
Opportunity dispersed
I have to accept the empty
Path I've traversed
And acknowledge the wasted good karma
Will never be reimbursed

©2025

bettsjc187

~•§•~ Dying of Thirst ~•§•~

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badwords

Certainly a stand-out piece of yours. However, nitpickers gonna nitpick. With:

"Is it can't lead to the back of a hurst"

Is this an allusion to the Hearst family and all the musings thereabouts, especially Patty Hearst? Or, is this a reference to a hearse?

Secondly, a thing I have learned far too late in my career of being the person I am who is not always the correct or 'best' person; Sometimes we just need to own up to the mistakes we made in the past even though through them we have actually become better people for them.

The past is a thing we can never fix, this car has only *one direction* (be wary on the roads in Argentina (R.I.P. Liam Payne)) and simply because we cannot resolve a mistake for which we lack the Mr. Fusion to provide the 1.21 Gigawatts required to power a flux capacitor to undo what we can't fix--doesn't doom ourselves to having a brighter future.

Also, Karma-Kredits (not to be confused with an iconic reptile popularized by 1980's bombast) are only redeemable in New Game+ mode. No matter what courses we set ourselves on, absolution is a two-way street and it won't always be ours.

You express this idea strongly. Good words.