Do you choose the easy
When this life gets hard
Take the path with less stress
Hoping to make it through without a mark

Do you sit back and relax
Watch it all pass by
Without the lifting of a finger
Or blinking of an eye

Do you hide from watchful eyes
When something needs be done
Turn your back on the less fortunate
Only thinking of number one

Do you jump in waste deep
To the creek that flows upstream
Deciding to tread water
Only after you see what's in it for me

Do you choose the easy
Hoping for the best
Then sit back with less and wonder at
Why you're still such a mess