What is it?
What is it now?
What do you want from me,
this time around?
I gave to you freely.
You begged me for succor,
now you’re taking
what I never offered.
You were a brilliant apprentice.
I taught you everything
you needed to know;
before you turned
and everything changed
the minute you started to demand you own way.
I showed you how to make reality,
but you’d rather take mine away.
I suffered for longer than you can imagine,
just so you didn’t have to.
It looks like I made a mistake.
You’ve earned what you have coming to you.
Greedy little,
so ungrateful,
sheltered boy and girls.
Never had to struggle,
sweat or toil;
given the whole world.
So you’ve never had to discern
between the work
and the words.
Here comes one of life’s
great little set-backs,
or haven’t you heard?
The best thing about nature is
it’s always self-correcting.
The forest burns
to clear the land
for a stronger generation.
When the lemmings become plentiful,
one runs into the sea
and the others follow suit;
it’s a model of efficiency.
The lame are spotted by
the raptors in the air,
the lion and the pride
come to take their share.
Outside of these four walls,
you’re just meat
and only those with teeth
get to eat.
I never taught you
the taste of your own blood,
how to take a defeat
and turn it into victory.
A trick without a treat.
So no more free rides,
I’m afraid they’re only for kites.
Bye-bye easy life!
Get ready to fight
to stay alive.
Mother Nature course corrects
every few thousand years or so.
I think she’s getting ready to roll.
I’m gonna enjoy the show.
HG – 2017
