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genious (Free verse) by the_poetess
Sometimes I wonder
how it is that I live with myself
with what I know to be my selfishness and my greed
I wonder why I'm not doing more for society
why I sit back and enjoy myself
knowing that others are suffering
I wonder why I'm not doing more
to enlighten my neighbors
not doing more to make my friends realize
that nothing is as bad as it can be
it's not easy giving back
it's not easy striking the balance between enjoying what has been given
to you
and saving the world
I know I am failing
falling back to the ease
I was born with, ignoring
the insight that I have been granted
ignoring my only known gift
how many others grapple
with these kinds of questions
how many others stay up at night fretting
over the fate of the world
how many others?
because all this would be so much easier
if I werent alone
how many others?
because all this would be so much easier
if I knew that I wasn't crazy
but I probably am,
it probably isn't a bad thing
lonliness is most likely my sacrafice to society
and I can see it, I can see myself
a bitter unhappy genious
misunderstood, frustrated,
seeing things all else refuse to see
I can see this and it scares me,
I don't want that,
so I wonder how commited I really am
to this saving the world thing,
so I wonder if all my compassion
isn't just cold, empty and fake.
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