THERE’S NOTHING MORE PAINFUL THAN…

There’s nothing more painful than living

From the moment we begin to exist

To the instant leading to our demise

Our hands are forced into tightly knotted fists

There’s no time to breathe

No time for expression

Wasting our time

In isolated suppression

There’s nothing more painful than hoping

Dreaming of futures

That will never exist

In a world that’s held together by fraying sutures

Lying awake

Sleepless nights

Afraid to dream hopeless dreams

Shades of blacks and whites

There’s nothing more painful than trying

Drowning in expectations

Suffocating and dying

Failing the work of generations

Giving it my all

But, not quite reaching everyone’s bars

Feeling forlorn on the inside

The outside full of scars