Clouded Vision

I live the life that narrows vision;

wide and vast and overwhelming

while yearning for lost spontaneity;

too realistic to accept the risk

I have learned to be hardworking

not normal cause for this despair

but

I have also learned to play the game

recovering a mask

I happily believed was gone for good

(there is no freedom in this race)

As I wait behind 10 other cars

our turn signals flash in unison

Human beings weren't meant to live like this

thinking bovine caged in cars

I have learned to dip and dance

albeit lacking in a certain grace

but

do it anyway

so I can feed the hungry mouths

of children, community and government

(I cannot shake how responsible I feel!)

so,

I live the life that narrows vision;

wide and vast and overwhelming

while yearning for lost spontaneity;

too realistic to accept the

risk.