Why do we wish away the moments we have today
Only to get to tomorrow and be filled with sorrow
Yearning to rewind the track to get yesterday back
Leaning into the present could be a better investment
Collecting credits along the way each and every day
As no longer carrying debts since living with no regrets
What is the price of the peace we obtain?
Through the years of discontent
With constant catastrophic pain
Although later on in life
We bare the wisdom from it all
Was it worth the years and severed ties
We carved into the walls?
The ones we built to keep our burdens
Hidden from the eyes
While slowly sinking lost and drunken
Into a grave of rage and lies
Was there ever actual peace to obtain?
Or was this all a lie?
I’ve seen what love had to offer
Then watched it pass me by
The ways of life are always worse
When you have a heart to break
With constant catastrophic pain
Every “love” I found was fake
The only time I honestly smile
Is when I see my little girl
The sun rises over her
And sets behind her own little world
I’m just happy to be in it.
D.R.L.
If you get injured, what’s the price
To help assuage your pain?
Do lawyers factor in how much
You whimper or complain?
Of course there are the doctor bills
And days you couldn’t work
Or drive or shop or do the chores
You’d never think to shirk.
They even take into account,
With formulas complex,
What’s owed to someone if
An injured spouse cannot have sex.
No matter what the payoff is,
I’m sure each wounded soul
Would gladly give up all that cash
To once again be whole.