Poem (09/18/2025)

I really thought I would get it this time
I really thought life would make sense
I really thought it was going to work
Did I not work hard enough?
Was I not just lucky?

The endless questions pile up in my mind
Yet none of them end up on the desk
They’re shredded without even a chance to be read

The world is cruel
I already knew how it unfair it is
How it’ll continue to be
I wasn’t born yesterday
I just thought I would get it this time