It’s hard enough just getting by
When pushed to standard set so high
Even when you’ve got it “all”
For greener grass we always fall
We starve, then hunger, pay the price
Ambitions feel crushed by a vise
We leap from bed to face the day
To only have joy swiped away
We can’t find pleasure in what’s given
If we can’t “game” the algorithm
What hope have we if steered towards
A life that’s judged by vast rewards
A ruined path paved with excess
Unreachable and measureless
The target ever-moving on
We almost touch, then poof it’s gone
What’s left of our identity
If what we crave, can never be…
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