Awake
You wake up and work
But little do you know you’re running to them
Running to where the fears lurk
Where the ghouls consistently condemn
But to you, this is a refuge
To you, this is a home
A home full of subterfuge
A home where you are disowned
Is this natural, is this right?
For your safe haven to be non-existent
Leaving you, not existing.
wake up working
Yet can never scratch the idea
That there must be something missing
Something deeper than this layer
Simply existing for others to exist
So that others can live for others to
Live instead of them, the meaning missed.
We can’t just be here to do
Endless labour for the one percent
To thrive within a cyst
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That needs eradicating
wake up, exhausted
Where are ?
Seem to have backslid
Into a overcooked stew
Of hatred, fear and pain
An infinite tunnel of darkness
Where your hard work is in vain
And your life is the pus
Of this ageless blight on the human race
Crafted to serve the top few, leaving us crying, hiding, sleeping, ignoring, sobbing, disheartened by the rest of humanity.
You wake up.
You don’t have to be a part
Of this relentless build up
Which tears us apart
Where everything is for something
And nothing exists for you
Where life is a constant aching
To get to the front of the queue
But it doesn’t have to be like this
We don’t have to conform.
Wake. Up.
