Stratagem
[an aria]
Anticipation's keened
And desire's as sharp as a knife;
But longing is a fiend
Who both lengthens and shortens life.
I'm fed to the teeth with people
telling me I'm too good to read,
that connection's an obstacle,
and I fail where I most succeed.
A vain person will toss it off,
and think greatness you can't force-feed,
but their feelings I cannot slough,
so they too weigh me down and plead.
They say that recognition waits,
and only forward momentum
crushes the doubt that hesitates
the tip of my pen's stratagem.
But still, I am alone right now
in a world where my feelings bleed
because I am ignored somehow
just for being 'too good to read.'
Anticipation's keened
And desire's as sharp as a knife;
But longing is a fiend
Who both lengthens and shortens life.
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