by Thomas Gonzalez
On good days
We trivialize the importance
Of the mundane
Life
Becomes nothing more
Than a series of interconnected tales
Lacking plot
Our wants dictated by celebrities
Our self-worth judged
By the value others place on us
Suffering is but
A matter of fact
Se la vie
They say
Life boiled down
To one comfortable cliché
But then a bad one hits
The status quo is changed
All that was senseless
Has meaning
The dots connect
Our finiteness becomes
All too real
We cling on to everyone
Cry for everyone
Mourn for everyone
Thoughts of
Regrets
The
What should have
Could have
But wasn’t
Weigh us down
We plead to the almighty
To shelter us from evil
From ignorance
From ourselves
Yeah
When a bad one hits
We realize the significance of
A breath
When a bad one hits
We quietly pray
That a good one comes
And takes all this significance
Away
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