Olivia

life

Life 

I think keep your eyes closed it will block the tears

But they escape pushing past my eyelashes 

Running down my cheeks

 

This isn’t a story

Because stories are made up

This is fear of fright

Terror of night

Mission for light

This is life and death

Death and life

 

This is society at its worse

Conflict at its best

This is my life

This is your life

This is the world were living in

The world that’s living

 

But me

I’m not living

I’m alive 

The world

Becoming anti-socialites shielding themselves from the truth with their duvets and devices

Misusing self harm and the word anxiety 

 

The closest we get to knowing what’s happening

Is the pop ups of ‘latest news’

At the top of the screen

Brushed off with a swipe of a finger

To carry on with the mind numbing game

 

There was a time when life was addicting 

Live life to the fullest was once the worlds motto 

Never stop believing

Until you stop breathing

Now death is an escape 

Because heaven is the only place you can dream

 

Now don’t get me wrong

I would rather be alive

But rather be alive in some place better than here

 

I often find myself thinking

In a land far far away

Maybe people aren’t so fixated on their games

That’s where we belong

No responsibilities or fear

No dread

No pressure

No escaping tear

 

This is life

This is the life we all live

Society at is greatest

Society at its worse

Life is something you choose what you do with

 

But there is rules 

There is standards 

There is expectations

There is power

There is control

So forget what I said life isn’t freedom

Life is something you choose what you do with

But you can only chose black or white

Because if you chose grey

If you chose grey

No one know what happens

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