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| (strange bird created by CD Good) |
large and orange and confident, trotting, just off
in the distance, and I thought,
we are closer to nature
we will have to watch the pets, I thought
but in the silence since
no animal has crossed my line of sight
all is quiet, day and night
save one, rare crow who sometimes shows his wings
flying off, he sings a croaking taunt my way
saying, see, you are alone
even here
you are alone
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| Long View |
I understand that hope can ask too much
how comforting to sink back, let demands
float away, spend the days
not caring
I see it's not just easier; sometimes it's life saving
to forget to try, just wait to die
reduce yourself to the basics.
When effort falls flat what inspires more effort?
When trying draws judgement but not support, when doing takes energy from precious stores
When experience tells us the prize will cost more
than it's worth
abandoning hope can be a warm blanket safe haven
a kind of birth
free, finally, from the strain always striving suck me dry try try try
treadmill hamster-wheel life of strife hanging on by broken nails
the carrot always miles
away
I see why, today, you might decide despair is a better friend
and in the end
I can't disagree, even though I see there's something lost in translation
I can't shake your ambition free; it's hard enough to do it
for myself.