walking dead

how do you save a life
when there are so many options
for committing suicide?

he says he doesn't care
about making lots of money
he just needs a job
any job
but he does care, just like we all do
because surviving on a stretched buck
every month isn't living
it's just another way of dying
to stay alive


he says he'll go into the army
if a job don't come soon
he doesn't want to, but it's an option
pick your poison, as they say
i guess it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils
which suicide to choose?
dying by trying to stay alive
or dying by dying for a country
that smashed the faces of our ancestors
with their combat boots
which one would you choose?


but wait, says the devil's advocate
there are still more options
perhaps the poison of repetition, you'll find a better suit
would you like to die the same way your dad did?


he thinks he has a curse
the curse of my father
to catch something wonderful
only to see it crumble in his hands
like sand mixed with clay
the curse of fear
fear to be whole and find who you are
the curse that hurts loved ones
a genetic curse, he thinks
that he tests positive for
and he wants the curse to end
with him


brother,
curses do not exist
unless if you let them

i never took him for a superstitious

how do you save a life
when the person
is already dead?