complacency

 

 

(complacency)

set to aim low

the years go by fast

as you watch them go

so much to lose

and so little to show

while things of true value

all die as they grow

​

(complacency)

settling for less

than what you deserve

for the gifts you possess

uncomfortable comfort

advanced to regress

in the ease of routine

that led to the mess

​

(complacency)

you're not alone

entrapped by the cycle

and each day a clone

but make others happy

and dole out the drone

where the secret lies dark

in the fog you call home

​

(complacency)

hypocrisy's friend

working together

to manage the trend

the notes to yourself

that you never send

providing excuses

as means to the end

​

(complacency)

a life built unbuilt

pride is unswallowed

lest swallowed with guilt

so get out that needle

and hum that same lilt

while sewing the patches

for a colorless quilt

​

(complacency)

the pad where you land

in the barricade of boredom

defending your stand

the bed that you lie in

made by your own hand

where dream of tomorrow

is starved and unplanned

​

(complacency)

a mind numbing date

that goes on forever

while you just sit and wait

the promise abandoned

begging outside the gate

the song slowly draining

forced silent to fate

​

(complacency)

a tree cut and milled

wasted to kindling

for a fire you won't build

hopes turned to sawdust

then gathered and spilled

on the path to passivity

toward the goal unfulfilled

 

 

---- s. paul (written complacently & non-complacently?)