Be Alive

Headlong I fall into a trap The ascend back a slippery slope My hands absorb the weight My feet are deadweight The puffs of exhaustion, Sink with all intension Trying to save myself Despite my ending life I still have so much to live for Thoughts never considered before Appointments, golf days Alone, I say my prayers To live and not to die I’ve failed life’s gift, it's singular idea I’d propagate my survival, if granted To theirs unappreciated, I’m alive, shouted! Precious life, now not enough To pull me out of a pit this tough I walked alone A one army man For help to come, I cry A lifeline, a rope to take me home, I try