To Lose

When I think of everyone I know
I realize that we all hate this life
What did all these miserable people do,
To deserve this much unwanted strife?

We fight about everything we lack
When we should simply try to help
To be there to support each other
Instead of thinking only of one’s self

I think about my whole family
And how it’s slowly falling apart
All I can do is sit here and watch
With this empty, over-abused heart

Nothing ever gets better for us
We ask ourselves why we’re here
When all life has brought us is pain
The end couldn’t seem more near

Yet we’ll still be here tomorrow
With fake smiles on our faces
Holding on to the last of our hope
That’s found in minuscule traces

We’ll continue to put up with it all
Even though we’re not content
We’ll pretend everything’s okay
When we’re really drained & spent

Something keeps us alive
Whatever it is, is just enough
One day we may find happiness
We’re simply not giving up

We have to find the good things
And forget the dark, sinister hues
If we let go of our existence too soon
All we’ll learn from life is to lose

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