Did you heed the warnings?
Follow all those hours
of long instruction?
Did you hear and obey?
Or did you think you
knew better?
Disappointment disappears
in the light
of these new revelations.
It could have been
a lot worse,
lucky to have escaped
with your skin.
Life is cheap these days.
Oh, don’t act surprised,
or try to look amazed.
This world
is looking to kill you
in a thousand ways.
Settle down.
Look around.
Here we go again.
I bet you think
you’ve made it this far,
on your good looks,
your wits,
and your smarts,
but I’m here to tear
those ideas apart.
It just hasn’t been your turn,
but I assure you,
it’s coming.
No one escapes
this life
alive.
We’re gonna pay
for our mistakes
in time.
The day is coming,
and it’s gonna
blow your mind.
It gets me every time.
You’ll see
that you’re the same
as all the others.
Separated by a thing
that drags us under.
It’s so thin,
that when it breaks,
you might wonder,
how all this has survived
so long,
when it’s all so fragile.
HG – 2020
