everything is slipping away

a distinct moment

when

it went from

hopeful future

building on

a life’s work

endless sacrifice

for too many others

at the expense of

erasing yourself

or better yet

never having even

had to be here

in this hell

on earth

hell is earth

with other people

who hurt you and

leave you for dead

no cares in the world

oh, let’s go

bad stuff always happens to her

 

well they wonder

why you disappear

never wanting to

come back again