A Game of Society's Tug of War For the Masses
Struggling to find the strength to move forward
Stuck in a never ending struggle to maintain control
Will never manage to obtain it no matter how hard
Trying to accept that continuous balance impossible
Not in the cards in a society wrapped in bacon filled turmoil
Controversy and crime marinate the evening news
Saturday Night Live material writing itself without much effort
Realized that it was harder to accept defeat even when
The battle wasn't finished being fought just yet
Decided to continue on the journey, no matter what happened
Pulling a rope that won't go anywhere
Full of Crisco and Pam Cooking Spray
For an added amount of slickness
Falling into the sand wishing to stay there
To avoid reading or seeing The Art of War
Used to be the picture of head-to-toe optimism
Willing to dance in the street if a song permitted it
Laughed at even the crudest jokes known to the world
Have evolved into an unexpected role model of sorts
A poster child that many adults pointed to as an example
Of how children should behave everyday
Made classmates seethe with jealousy over the comparison
Innocence betrayed after a shocking loss hit too close to home
Tried to remain hopeful that things would get better
When a college diploma was delivered after years of studying
Sacrificed going to campus parties and making new friends
Expected the ideal life to fall right on the doorstep
Next to a copy of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal
A fantasy that disappeared after the job offers vanished
Forced to embrace a new reality instead of an ideal one
Struggling with the added weight of disappointment and anger
Turning into two ton concrete block placed around me
Suffocating anyone who walked within their path
Ready to get a sledgehammer to grind them into dust
Except they're made from the most unbreakable concrete
Had to delay a life of independent luxury due to lack of funds
Waited for things to turn around financially and personally
Got hit hard in the face with a sudden stroke of lady luck
In the bizarre form of a long lustrous horse's tail
Flew out of a flannel sheet insulated nest of paradise
Only to land in a bed of dagger size thorns of pain
Stuck with a large bill close to $1100 a month
Sinuses have been on a dust filled rollercoaster
Where body built up a disgusting tolerance to antibiotics
Meant to choke the strongest of horses and bulls
Desperate to get off this devilish merry-go-round
No matter what happens to everything and everyone
Just need to be free and clear from the anxiety of reality
Won't happen anytime soon sadly
The nature of life's cruelest ironies.
