Sick and Afraid

Gota find a way, a better way to
live, because i`m paranoid about
               
                    YOU PEOPLE!

You scare me by the way you live
not noticing me even when you step

                     OVER ME!

I don`t care what you think of me.
You give me power by allowing me to infect

                      YOUR MIND!

You are not unlike me, you know, for you
are just one paycheck away from

                       BEING ME!

So throw me a quarter if you want. Does it make
you feel better about helping me or

                        HELPING YOU!

What do you tel our kids at night when you
tucK them in their rosy beds. Do you tell them

                         I`M SICK?

Well, whatever, i suppose i am. The point is
i`m paranoid about you people and your
lives that i forgot to live. You just don`t know
what it means to be

                         ME!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Sands Avatar
March 5, 2017 at 8:32 AM
Powerful poem Mark !
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March 5, 2017 at 9:31 AM
Thank you!
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