Life Proved Too Much

Life Proved Too Much A culmination of factors; like leaves gathered Mixed with acorns in autumns raked passion Pulled callously along like wet hair straining Through an old comb on rain drenched mornings Hollowed collapsed buildings fall on cold snow No longer loom as towers of strength Against their wishes they become construction gone Under afternoons gray cumulus cloud covers Unable to continue on, of their own accord To hold up under these conditions, stress Under such pressures brought on by age Structures tend to fall All at once they beg the earth to take them Separated, far from their birth as buildings From the encumbrances of holding strong Life proved too much to continue on