Offload

All the burdens of this life

all the heavy things

past decisions which stay to haunt

great and small tragedies

lack of money and resources

the ever pulling strain of need

the weight on backs, bent and bowed

the day it slides away

the moment of its lifting

Death.

the life it takes

and steals away

when in the end it matters not

the pain

the strife

the worried, hurried life

can it not be lived

for sake of heft

for sake of toil

for these damned robbers

are swindlers, and raiders

are soul suckers, and heinous motherfuckers

let the dreadful bandits be

drown them

beat them

set them aflame

send these terrors off

cast them away

to live

to live

to live 

a life

before rest comes from the grave.

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