Quagmire
Oh crazy world of infinite circumstancesWhat is it that thou bringeth with the now approaching wind?Must I again suffer for my ignorance?Have I not gone through enough?Thy hands and thy feet can surely attest
My struggles were foretold by manyBut not to the depth of my present knowledgeI dine with pain and struggle with deathMust I live to die or must I die to live?Should I call it struggle or should I call it life?Knowing there is a better, but I can’t comprehend a worse
Heart, body and the soul ache on the dailyNo need to mention food for the thoughtWhen I can’t move a single body partIs this only a dilemma of mine or is this a common knowledge for all?How can it be when there are so many smiling faces?If so, what is it that they see that I don’t?May it be that an understanding was given to them?Or have I gone on the wrong path?
I have pledge love for one and love for allWould not live if I could not help those who calledYet now I see them waiting as vulturesIt would be a waste for there won’t be a worthy peckNot even for the smallThy body as it is, is beyond wornIs this to be expected?If so, why even bother to live?
What is it that I see?Is that death of just simply fear?Should I lie, should I cry or should I show thy face with a smile?Does it make sense to act when it is not?Destiny of mine, what is it that you possess?Tell me not for I need not knowledgeShould I not see the present and then know that which is to come?Mystery destiny, what is it that you have in store for me?My part will be done give me the harvestFor the seeds have been sown
Mother of all mysteries and misery you’ve lostThis one won’t be consumed by your diversity or by your deceitLose thy thought; entertain it notUnless thy desire is to receive that which thou givethFrail is thy body, but my heart and mind possess strength.
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