This life deserves a chance.

By demonofthefall

The moon it rises, dimly lighting the landscape before me,
Although my eyes have been graced with this view, hundreds of times before,
A realisation of lapsing time, makes it feel brand new. But puts a blemish on my thoughts pertaining to the rest of my life.

Sleep.
Like money.
Without it your dreams don’t get realised.
Time.
An enemy.
Depleting my body and mind as seconds, hours, days, weeks, are archived with nothing to remember, but a desk a computer, and regret.

Conflicting existence monopoly.
What do I truly own?
This body? This mind? Yes.
Control? The path and the map? No.
The right of living a life free from the imperfections that exist in a systematic world, that scars, its children and sets its rules based on the common lives? Most definitely not.

The little people,
Shoved in the corner, where everybody likes to make it look like they help, so they can sleep in a comfortable bed, with enough pillows to keep their heads held high.

Indeed,
Fuck the system.
For leaving us in the cold.
Fuck the cold,
For making us feel like were nothing.
And Fuck the nothing,
Because it made us this way.

Unauthorized Copying Is Prohibited. Ask the author first.
Copyright 2009 demonofthefall
Published on Thursday, December 17, 2009.     Filed under: "Poetry"
Log In or Join (free) to see the special features here.

Comments on "This life deserves a chance."

Log in to post comments.
  • demonofthefall On Sunday, December 20, 2009, demonofthefall (22)By person wrote:

    The system is set up for certain people. Some dont want to be a part of it, but are left with no choice, and pay the price by living a life knowing theres more to it, but just cant get there.

  • Dilated View On Thursday, December 17, 2009, Dilated View (582)By person wrote:

    Perhaps the point is to simplify and not fall under the rules of the "system". If your expectations are solely based on your attitude toward the world then you indeed do have control and a path/map because you're paving your own way. I appreciate your perspective on this though, food for thought :)

Contribution Level

demonofthefall's Favorite Works
Share/Save This Post



Join DarkPoetry Join to get a profile like this for yourself. It's quick and free.

How to Criticize Without Causing Offense
© 1998-2024 DarkPoetry LLC
Donate
[Join (free)]    [More Poetry]    [Get Help]    [Our Poets]    [Read Poems]    [Terms & Privacy]

Attention: Darkpoetry is now in maintenance mode and will be shutting down soon. Save your work if you wish to keep it.