Unbowed

Anger seethes, it rumbles and roils Fury thunders, bubbles and boils I want to scream, I want to shout I want to hit, to lash out It’s driving me crazy, messing up my brain Christ, why has this happened to me again? I’m not a bad man, truly I’m not I’m generally satisfied with my lot Yet every now and then its seems Something happens to crush my dreams Not just once, but time and again It’s enough to drive a man insane. All I ask for is an even break Just enough so that I can stake My future happiness on a positive So that me and mine can live In relative peace and harmony, Just how hard can that dream be? If my luck’s a gauge, it’s off the scale It seems that I’m set up to fail By the Fates that deal out my life’s hand: By which I’ll either fall or stand But fickle Fate is the Great Deciever Making a doubter of a true believer I take one step forward and two steps back Somehow always seeming to lack That extra edge to make it work God, I feel like such a jerk! How can life be so crafty and conniving To one who is only just surviving?