Chance To Be
Fast pace
Cold
Hard pressed faces
Almost emotionally unavailable
Main thing
Working hard
Filling accounts as full as possible
The hours and days
Meeting deadlines
Satisfy the people's ego
Wearing masks
They want to see
Say things they want to hear
Into status and money
Diminishing who they really are
Likes and dislikes
Forgetting own voices
Becoming
Just an extension
Of other people
A tool to be used
Pawn at their disposal
Mat to walk over
When they reach their end
Looking back
Pain and sorrows behind success
Wrinkles of faking
Bodyaches of fulfilling other people's needs
Regrets after all their precious time is gone
They will be too old
To do anything
Just waiting
That day to come to pass
Understandably
We need work
To put food on the table
Sustain decent lifestyle
To get by
Do what it is necessary
Have some time
Investing into yourself and loved one
You are worth
To live the life
For yourself
Go and do something...
Take a chance at life...
© Sue Sanzz 2020
Post Comments
Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.
Please
Login
to post a comment
Turn off ads, get more exposure for your poetry, and get more features with a
Premium Membership.
