CAN YOU ESCAPE

This reality is not mine I’ve merely borrowed this timeline Not sure when its rightful owner shall return I understand nothing I used to seek to No longer do I torment myself with a battle I’ve no chance of winning Stuck in an echo chamber with my own thoughts No one is listening You see But pretend you don’t This timeline doesn’t belong to any of us Get up Work Push all the nagging thoughts away Sleep Rinse and repeat Sprawling highways Carbon copy neighborhoods Power lines Dying trees Someone asking for spare change A child is born Another child is slaughtered The war machine lubricated with blood The electricity kept on by silence You speak of the future as if it is a guarantee The future is a luxury concept Walls are closing in You have a choice to make No one is helpless here Look around Everyone is stuck in a loop An ending of quiet annihilation Grab your neighbor’s hand Walk out of the fog The end is just a beginning A beginning worth fighting for