Here I am
        longing for what will never be
             taken apart by an unbearable discontent

                happiness goes away
      humankind
          spending too much time on a terrible story

      it’s likely going to be ugly
             it’s likely too that it’s either absurd choices
         or a heinous tomorrow
                 an increase of this accidental tragedy
                  blinded by the promises of heaven

     easily taken in I am
           despite
 the rumors of the curtain calls          
               without being seen
                     after years of this

           I’m not myself
       as kids learn to twitch
      there is no second chance

– David M. Alper