Put It Down

Put It Down

(Tom Entrican 05-28-22)

Clinging to things that do not love

These things that hold us back

Until they fit us like a glove

And cause the soul to crack

Things that make us hate so much

No one needs that around

Our hearts so toxic to the touch

But we won’t put it down

We see the anger and the harm

From all the things we do

Yet we ignore all the alarms

And then the payments due

We put on smiles, pretend to care

And burn it to the ground

It does not seem we have a prayer

Still we won’t put it down

When all are lost, kids moms and dads

There is no one left to plea

And nothing here except the sad

Not one left to grieve

Before this world just fades away

And every one has drown

Maybe we should stop and say

It is time we put it down