Sad and Tired

sad and tired
a sorrowful grimace
an exhausted sigh

the shadows parting
a glimmer of sunshine
agh! stop the glare

sad and tired
heads pressed low
eyes watching feet's shuffle

you must be the best
you must perform
only joy has been crushed

sad and tired
their hearts lie in
ruined, torn tatters

ripped apart by
ambition and its kin
wicked wicked pride

sad and tired
the shadows dance and sigh
softly now, come the tears

a gasp, a drawing back
is this the life they have
unanswered questions echo forth

sad and tired
their might be glorious existence
has been reduced to this

a shell of a man
a shell of a woman
shards and tatters of humanity

sad and tired
broken and battered
a soul silently weeping

yet teeth are clenched
no tears fall
stubbornly, they press on

sad and tired
but for how much longer
for how much longer

for how much longer
can the sad and tired
run from themselves?

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