....So We Live



I feel like I am in a daze
Going back and forth in this maze

Headed somewhere in the middle of nowhere
Turning up nowhere when I've found somewhere

Life has me in circles at 360 angles
Trying to play catch up as my hope and dream dangles

Trying to overcome the system, racing against time
Fighting and struggling to achieve what's mine

Backed in a corner, on the inside looking out
Trapped in a rat cage, freely walking about

In a confined state of living
Head above water, barely surviving

Almost escaping, almost breaking through
But almost doesn't count, so almost won't do

The further up I go, the more stairs I seem to climb
The more steps I take, the more I feel behind

I see it, I want it, I grab it, it slips through my fingers
I ignore it, reject it, it tempts me and lingers

Can't make it come, can't make it attainable
Can't escape it, outrun it or make it invisible

A cat and mouse game, I perpetually pursue
Give up this chase, only to again ensue

An obsession I have nurtured in the name of ambition
Compelled to conquer it, hold it in my hand

My fantasies inspire me, my drive moves me to birth my schemes
The system reinforces, counteracts and enables my dreams

I live a life chasing it, trying to survive it, living to be alive
I spend my time wanting, needing, loving and hating it as I wait for my time to shine 

...And so...We live

By Charm White

Answer the question! (Clean Version)

You’re so round about, evasive, secretive and cryptic

Unforthcoming, tight lipped and indirect

Wouldn’t it be so kind of you to act with some comprehension?

 And do me a simple favor by answering the question.

It is not a game, it’s not a riddle, why are you being so enigmatic?

Instead of an answer, you are choosing to be dramatic

I know this is not a pop quiz or college examination

So explain to me why can’t you answer the question?

Do you want me to guess and spell, assume and infer

Accuse you according to whatever my thoughts conjure

Become paranoid and jump to conclusions

Because I won’t have to if you just answer my question.

Are you hiding dirty deeds, are you making a statement?

Are you trying to protect my feelings or are you being indifferent

To my need to have clarity and to eliminate my confusion

And address at least one little question.

Just answer it! Just answer it! Just answer it please!

No lies, no half-truths, do not taunt me or tease!

Your honest response is imperative for my illumination

So won’t you just answer the question?

Anxieties, distrust and uncertainties is what you have bred

With your silence on the topic you have successfully misled

My thoughts and opinions and created all this unwarranted tension

Because of your decision to not answer my question.

By Charm White