Sometimes it seems I have it all,

With money,

Education,

But it came at a great cost,

And I ended up forever lost.

Sometimes I feel so low

And it doesn’t help to be broke.

I want to leave but I’m just

Too far

From home.

My life is a city on fire,

And I’m watching,

As it burns,

Alone and suffering,

Lacking in love.

If only those thoughts didn’t creep in,

Drowning me in an intrusive obsession

I need to get out of here,

This place is eating me

Alive.

The suffering is intolerable,

Never ending,

And I’m so tired

Of pretending

Everything will be okay in the end.