Now, Everything Is Just Throw Away

Life is so hard and we're all just trying to make it

Trying to find comfort in anything

And, sometimes we find it

And, sometimes we don't

And, sometimes we get caught in a moment

Where it feels like we found something

Something solid

Something to get us through

Another day

Another year or two

And, we promise ourselves we'll have found it by then

But, what is it we're trying find

And, what is it we're still lacking

A car

A house

A dog

A family

Some silverware

Or plates

A coffeemaker

To brew us something

To shake us awake

Or, is it something more basic, more essential

Like a foundation, or contentedness, or peace

Yet we do our best to instill in other's

The belief we are fulfilled

When we ourselves still know we aren't

Despite

The car

The house

The dog

The family

The silverware

And plates

The coffeemaker

Brewing is awake

So, what more is it going to take to finally find out what it is

And, what brought us to the point where nothing is special anymore

Because, two generations ago a peppermint candy stick

Was an appreciated Christmas gift

And, now everything is just throw away

Kind of like these very words

I'll soon forget

 

 

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jimtwocrows's picture

I feel your dismay at the

I feel your dismay at the lack of that something. Good poem.