Damn pile

I’m suffocating under all these burdens
Placed on my by your deft hand
The pile is piling up to the heavens
Reaching from my shattered land

I throw this pile from my back

You pile task upon task onto my frail spine
Never ceasing till I’m dead and broken
No matter how ever much I whine
My cries of pain remain unspoken

I throw this pile from my back

These burdens come with force unrelenting
As you dump them onto me
Removing all methods of venting
I’m self-destructing can’t you see

I throw this pile from my back

I slowly diminish this growing pile
Working things off one by one
I’m going to make it every mile
Never stopping till it’s done

I throw this pile from my back

I hope these tasks will cease to come
It’s making life such a drag
You burn me down and make me scum
And then you go and like to brag

I throw this pile from my back

Once this pile of tasks is gone
Your ammunition on me will vanish
Soon now I can show my brawn
And you from my life I will banish

That pile is history

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