Ruined Lives

it only goes so far

till you're stretched out on the floor

burnt out beyond capacity

and wondering how the hell

you're gonna keep this up

this machine feeds on the weak

who are born into the line

all sense of pride and self respect

quickly beat out of them

like tenderizing the meat

before you eat it

cynicism is only for the good days

theres not even much of that left

just routine and numb

the mind can only take so much

before it fragments

compartmentalize your agony

and pretend its happening to someone else

all thats left is a shell

and thats all they want anyway

there's no regard for the content inside

in an entire lifetime you won't earn

what it takes to matter to the world

you'll never be something remembered

just another body that will eventually be forgotten

in time, no one will know you ever existed

or will anyone that knew you

fill your life with empty gestures

live your house with objects that only

serve as an attempt for meaning

but emptiness persists

cause inside of you there is a hole

and nothing in this world has ever

or will ever fill it