Saturday, July 25, 2020

Failure ~ Saturday, July 25, 2020

When I was young, I listened to no one, 
headstrong, never knew I was in the wrong, 
eccentric to a fault, sick to the quick, 
no one knew what I would do, a loose screw. 

I worried my parents, I had no sense, 

worthless to the world, I felt I was cursed, 
as a child, I was rambunctious and wild, 
simple in the head, I lacked all street cred, 

yet, my parents were cool, their son a fool, 
only I was their second son, no fun, 
until today, everyone was okay, 
now I lack success, it's anyone's guess, 
given this mind, no one was ever kind. 

I may be slow, I never learned to show 

love as a sincere emotion, above 
instead my head lacked thought, better off dead, 
still I lasted this long, but I was wrong, 
take a child, sweet and mild, make him defiled, 
everyone saw I was a wreck, a flaw 
no one could do much about, I was blue 
everyday after sixteen, it's okay 
drugs were to blame, I took, my bad, my shame, 

tragic this life, lost without strife, a knife 
only cuts if it's sharp, when dull, it butts 

needlessly its blade into meat, low-grade, 
of course, I have no job, a sad workhorse, 

only no one need cry, no need to pry, 
no need to try, my life done, time to die, 
everyone has their time, well, that's no crime. 

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