Pain Is What You Desire (Poem)
What's a world without pain?
What's a life with nothing to gain?
A planned future that goes up in flames
Stepping on others to win the game
There's no one but ourselves to blame
Yet we feel no shame
Standards
Rankings
Attitudes higher than a company boss
A grammy
An emmy award
A gold, glimmering trophy
But the soul is the cost
Why do we strive for the things that will fade?
Why do we chase after the false facade?
It makes no sense when the truth presents
Because we came into this life with nothing
And we will leave this world with a new one incoming
Happiness should not come at a price
People making money by spreading harmful advice
The should conquers the want
Not the unfinished preferred over the done
Now, no one ever said this was the lighter alternative
No one should ever say how this is meant to be a breeze
It hurts worse
It wears faster
It has its own crazy course
He did not make it simple on all terms
But He is fair, loving, and firm
Our struggles fill with suffering
Our efforts will feel futile
He hears us
He sees us
He teaches, guides, and steers without fuss
The society building us up knocks us down
We feel like worthless, stupid clowns
We need better
He gives us the best
We want a lot
He is more, incomparable to the rest
We strive for the impossible
He makes it possible
The desires we have come with sacrifice
Strife
Sometimes our life
He is the worth at the end
Not this world that looks to pretend