~~Paddles~~

Too many

       Questions

             And not enough

       Answers

It’s like

      Sitting idle

            Surrounded

        By dancers

We live

        And we try

               And we sigh

                    Every time

             As the world

     Slams on brakes

That could stop

      On a dime

And it’s like

      Every time

             It’s a new

                    Damn

                       Experience 

It builds

     And it builds

As it adds

        To the weariness

But time

       Doesn’t stop

              It keeps

                   Going

          And going

And you’re stuck

              With 

                   The paddles

Keep rowing

         And rowing

You’re caught in

  The

     Current 

          And going

                  Upstream

And what falls

    Out of

           The boat

You could

Never

                    Redeem 

       You want to

Give in

    Because living

Is

           So 

              Hectic

But in truth

     The water is

Still

       And becoming

                    More septic

   You weren’t born

          With a sail

  So now it’s

     Sink

         Or swim

As your false

   Lighthouse 

        Is becoming

               More

                        Dim

There’s no

   Slowing down

               And there's no

Giving up

Unless you

   Choose

        To

            Drown

In this

Half

        Empty cup

Daniel

          J

Dabney

       And

            You

                 Fucking

                        Know

                What's

Up