Existence

Tomorrow you will wake up
   drag yourself out of your bed
     even when your mind is tired
          so is every cell in your body.

Then you will ponder
    over the idea of your existence
       while your body habitually
           gets drenched in hot shower.

May be you will have ideas
   of the grand escape you dream of
       while you munch your toast
          or wonder of your might-be fantasies
              while your throat gulps warm coffee.

With lumps of mundane thoughts to puke
    while peeking over the traffic enroute
        with people buzzing their way through
            you will remember that forgotten city
               that leaves you wondering who you are.

And when you press buttons on the elevator
     you will think of leaving a footprint there
         reminiscing the way you breathe atop that old cliff
             while your feet walk their way to work
                 all you have been thinking about is to leave
                     when you really don't know where to.

But even though your mind is clueless
   for discovering another journey
      now that you are at the end of one
         with all the glory it has offered
            you will hope of finding it the next day
                while you return to your bed at night.

And with a million oscillations in your mind
     like the unwritten pages of your story
        you will remember having read somewhere
          on a worn-out whiteboard in blue
             'Existence is a struggle'
               and you will hope to write some day
                  'But it is worth finding'.

May 9, 2020
For BRIAN'S CHOICE 8,any form,any theme
Winner: Third Place

extended metaphorfree verse

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