Hubris

Crack a smile kid

For times are changing

And all you’ve known

Is dust on your palms

Desperate compulsions to deny survival

Kept tight the blue cloth

That bound you to the kitchen chair

And oh, you’ve had a long day

Can’t bear to mull all this over

You’d rather wait, wait for the right time

A time in a place where everything lines up

Just right

Crack a smile kid

For times are changing

And all you’ve clung to

Is pain veiled as discipline

And oh, you’ve had a long day

Can’t bear to mull all this over

And yet, there’s a relief here

Delving deeper into this discomfort