Life is a funny thing
She stubbed out her cigarette
It’s most definitely not what you get
Who you meet
Who you screw
What you see
What you do
What matters
Is it all random?
A cacophony of noise
A plethora of things
Onto the next
Which is sure not to vex
To complete you
To beseech you
We cry
We cheat
We scream
With a shining painful sheen
It’s all the same
Silence, noise
Giving up, holding back
Biting your tongue
Seeing what’s wrong
This time it’s different
Always different
Yet completely the same
It’s not the pain
It’s what comes after
The bitter cynicism
You are jaded now
You’ve seen it all
You can make that call
No matter
Really! It doesn’t!
Land Ho!
You’ve made it back home
Back to that safe and gentle place
The smile on their face
It’s going to be all right
Even though you cry yourself to sleep at night
One day more
One more day
To fulfil that promise
To pay that debt
And yet your tears are wet
Forget now
Go on
It’s human nature
To move on
Move out
Move around
Move through
Move forward
You can do it
You tell yourself
One day more
Before you hit that cold dirty floor
Grin and bear it
No grimace
No tears
Despite all these painful years
Who can say
That you’ll be willing to pay
Sane, sane, piece of mind
The clock ticks
Bam
You’re gone
Dust to dust
What’s left?
Nothing to collect
Just a cigarette butt and a lipstick-stained coffee cup
One day too soon
One day to glimpse the moon
The stars come out
And you cry and shout
Hello world it’s me
Why oh why did it not work out supreme
It’s cold
Harsh
Unforgiving
Real
You’ve heard every single spiel
It is too late
You’ve taken the bait
One day more
Forever and ever
And to think you once thought yourself clever
It’s over now
It’s all wrapped up
No one to talk to
It’s a bit rough
One day to see
To be awed
To perceive
The so-called wonders of a stolen life
In which all dreams were absolutely rife
It’s all done with
You’ve packed up the books
Cleaned out the cupboards
And climbed on the roof
In a drunken stupor
You bid your goodbye
To this cruel cruel life
And you wonder
Why?
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