Society

Once again, the knot strikes at my soul
I can feel it burning a gaping hole
As I fail to understand this baseless lore
And its held me in despair before.

How can it be that we have sown
A garden full of thorns on our own?
Where every step we take is beset
With strings of expectations and cultivated regret?

Frustrating boundaries and vile fences
Jump them and there will be consequences
Dwelling so far from the simplicity of existence,
We have betrayed life and its very essence.

You are but a mere shadow passing through
And yet you find the time for your prejudices and rules
How many of those will you carry with you?
Will it all help you when you're lying dead and drenched in fuel?

Oh! the unfairness of it all
Will I ever overcome and stand tall?
Will you ever see what I have seen?
And go where I have been?

A victim of YOUR thoughts and YOUR rules
Should I follow in the wake of the fools
To be accepted and to have thee
Or sever these chains and walk away free?