January 27, 2019Poem

How tragic we are

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How tragic we are

Just a thin membrane

Keeping everything in place

Pressure constraints

Restrain us

Maintaining

Equilibrium

Holding our position

Balancing the scales

In our favour

Even as the weight

Of expectation

Demands so much more

Than we can give

It takes more than oxygen

To fuel the fire

It consumes with

Every breath

We are just a bag of bones

Rattling in the dark

Drying in the sun

Melting in the rain

Falling in a pool

Sinking in the dirt

Reflected in the moon

Without a shadow

When the dream fades

How tragic we are