Much has been altered,
Yet I am much the same.
Searching and yearning,
For something better.
My life can be better,
I am capable of more.
Much has changed here,
Yet didn't change enough.
I feel stuck spinning around,
Like on an endless cycle.
I can't get the motion to stop,
I still want more for myself.
I am not done striving for me,
No giving up without a fight.
Life may be fighting me like Ali,
But I will keep punching back.
Everyday is another set of tasks for me to complete,
As I lose my motivation to wake up in the morning.
As I slay the deranged demons hanging over my shoulder,
More barriers, challenges, and criticisms appear.
Time is passing me by at an ever increasing speed,
it's beyond my control to slow down or stop time.
Despite having so many goals and ambitions,
I can feel individuals and situations crushing me.
I am putting up a fight and am shouting, screaming,
But I cannot stop the resistance and judgement.
Some things are beyond my control and reach,
However, I can manage my actions and reactions.
I am not a victim or a helpless child in this fight,
As I slave away to have a life worth living for.
I am worth living for and have much good in my life,
And despite its difficulties life always has something great.
Death is a mistress
Looking for it's next victim
Death never gives mercy
Life can disappear
Faster than raindrops hit the ground
Life's end we cannot control
We meet our maker in the sky
Who has decided our fate
Based on the life we have lived
Our second life of eternity
Predetermined by our earthly lives
Our choices shape our outcome
How we carry out our lives
Impacts the future and history
We all leave a footprint on Earth
We determine whether the imprint
beautifies or damages the Earth
Our actions and words do matter
Everyday and every moment matter
We know not our chosen moment
For death to turn us back to dust
