Nothing = Nowhere

we’ve spent 

five days 

cutting our fingers 

to the bone

paying for a home 

we’ll never own 

your feeble life

means nothing, 

menial tasks 

and rosters 

bolster 

your insignificance

I admire 

your perseverance 

considering it all 

amounts to nothing,

you project 

an immense example 

of saviour syndrome

without the 

heroic undertone, 

your over exuberance 

tells me nothing, 

taking the knee

watching TV 

scrolling TikTok 

taking stock,

snorting it 

up your nose 

buying expensive 

clothes, it all

means nothing, 

growing useless 

and becoming 

a burden, 

too fucking old

to get a hardon,

youthful lust 

cremated to dust 

parents we loved 

nothing but memories,

a countless list

of felony’s, 

notoriety

on the 

county line,

soon you’ll

be doing time,  

parenting a child 

using an iPad 

whoring yourself 

for the 

latest fad

changing your 

design 

through surgery

crafting the 

perfect selfie 

killing skin 

with shit tattoos 

a whole life 

sacrificed 

for what 

you thought

you knew,

where are 

we heading? 

a five-mile stare 

to a path 

leading nowhere

you think I’m bluffing?

it all adds up to nothing