People like us

We weren’t born to win

Girl, don’t you know

We were conceived

In the womb of sin

 

I’d tell you a story

But it is hard to know

Where to begin

I don’t know

Where it ends

Perhaps it depends …

On what?

I can’t say

So let’s just live

For today

 

The pavements for us

Are not lined with gold

It’s not even promised

That we’ll grow old

And what if we do -

What’s up ahead?

Nobody knows

 

One things for sure

We’ll reap

What we’ve sown

For good or for bad

For happy

Or sad

Our beginning’s

The end

 

No matter which way

The wind bends

We’ll always arrive

On the rugged shore

So let’s just be

Thankful that we have

Today

 

We’ll make it count

So if there’s a tomorrow

We have something

Good to replay

Remember today

Is tomorrow’s yesterday

So let’s live as though

It is our last day

 

 

I want to look back

While moving forward

And weave all our days

Into one

I know you don’t understand

Neither do I

It’s okay

We can sit together

And cry

 

But let’s take our tears

And wash out the fear

Focus control

Through our own lens

Girl, I know

We can’t say how

This ends

But we can try

To make amends. 

C.K.23.