A One-Man Boat

Why do I strive so much in life This heart of mine cease to refine Of hope and love and tranquility I give and give, yet scarcely receive It’s the heart that deceives My Soul resides upon a mountain of misery It shouts, its scream, yet high up above, as it seems Away, away from mankind to care At times like these I am at despair Hoping, seeking and wishing to share I speak my heart, my thoughts, and my mind…. Yet scarcely, do I dare to show this degree of misery My essence is as thin as air…. If I hit mankind in the face No mark, no remembrance, no trace shall I leave No sweet- sour memories to reminisce upon Its as if my very presences is provocative to mankind They ask me kindly, oh please! Oh please! do leave, Save us time and disappear! No one to care, no one to adhere to I loved and laughed and lived and hoped and trusted in mankind Yet from this day on shattered and stiff and deceived and depleted, is what, I now am I bare a load wrapped tight around my heart That never seems to crack or break, No fitting key, no rock to break…. For my humble abode lies within my mountain of misery Where I reside high up above from mankind From; Hurt or pain or deception or greed From this day on, to no one shall I heed I fight my battles on my own I sail upon a one-man boat