Tag: greed

• Lions and Clowns

  I want what is mine already
  I already want something else
  Steady isn’t my style, think of all that I’d lose staying steady
  No, thank you but i have to juggle it all
  I refuse to be the clown in this circus
  Struggling isn’t in my vocabulary you see
  I’m the lion that can’t be tamed
  The whip is in my hand
  I’ll whip myself into shape before you ever see me struggle
  In fact
  You probably want to be me
  And want what I had
  What I’ve forgotten already
  In a blink, you’ll eye up what she had instead
  Or want to say what he just said
  Words you don’t understand but sound profound
  You’re not wandering the libraries
  You’re elbow deep in the lost and found
  I know, because you are me
  You want what is yours already
  You already want something else
  You’re a clown that thinks it’s a lion
  Now step aside, I have all you can give
  You have no more
  And that is all I want

  Apr 11, 2020

  desire, greed, Life, Observations, poetry, writing

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