Life
I'm working in school
Because…
I am living by the world and its one rule
Because…
If I wasn't in school
I'd be someone else
Because if I was someone else
I wouldn't be here
Because…
It's ideal to not be one who lives in fear
Because…
I'm a pawn
The school is part of the board
The players are playing on a self rigged scored board
Because
That's life.
My greatest happiness
My why
My existence, my defy, my truth, and my lies
My life
My strife
My lies, loves, laughs, smiles
Mistakes, fakes, cares, dares
Questions, answers, and blank eyed stares
Is what we all rely on
Because…
I'm living
I'm questioning
They always go hand in hand
To live is to ask
To live is to bask
Because…
This is the way.
I…
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