Outside Staring In

I suppose all lives struggle in vain

Some days of good, some days of pain

Some years enwrapped in community

Some years outside staring inward to see

Any single warm feeling of loving good

Any relationship sharing as it should

Any hope or joy, or gain, or thrill

And failing, many resort to drug or pill

Then life inside, or life without

No longer matters there is no doubt

For life has been drugged ‘neath insulated haze

And time flows by in lethargic daze

While time does flow, life does not

Opportunity is lost, confusion is bought

As the very joy and thrill so earnestly desired

 Passes right by without love being sired

Drug fueled insulation cuts both ways

Marginalizes scary nights and joyful days

Odd though it sounds, pain actually serves us

It drives us forward with focus and purpose

If we can blunt it enough within our minds eye

We will see each opportunity as it passes by

And with opportunity seen, joy can be felt

So that we walk along with pain expelled

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