FLEETING BREATH

 

a pain numbs the feet 

the heart bleeds in discreet 

a widow’s might can be deceptive 

our wants are destructive 

we are nothing but pure parasite 

born of greed in first sight 

our skin is laced with sorrow 

through our veins, down to our bones and marrow 

our mantra is “take and take”

we offer nothing but gluttonous for a cake 

poisonous tongues we carry about 

cut down people without minding a bout 

our palms are always itchy for evil 

feet quickly to rub minds with daredevil 

we see our existence as a charade 

and cover up our iniquities with adage 

we have forgotten that our days are numbered 

sooner or later, we will all not be remembered 

a waste of oxygen, a waste of space 

why were we created to endanger other race 

while we draw this fleeting breath 

and our eyes are close in death 

we will then wish we had done better 

but it’s late already, we don’t matter 

@talk2leigh

(X & insta)

7:43am

2 March 2025